seer comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 119 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: seer 14 March 2015 04:06:24AM 5 points [-]

Are you seriously trying to implicitly argue that the literal on average physical difference between human males and human females is at all relevant here?

Yes, it certainly is for how this trope applies in the real world, as well as the resulting evolved associated feelings in humans. And since you are making your case with reference to the distribution of tropes in other literature, I thought this was very relevant.

That's both silly (for reasons I already explained to you)

Really, where?

I thought that skeptical_lurker brought up some very good points as did Nancy.

What you mean is that they disagreed with you without questioning your basic premise.