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thomblake comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 6 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: thomblake 17 January 2011 08:46:03PM 2 points [-]

I had vaguely formed the hypothesis that Harry has read only things that appeared before 1991, so that anything after that is fair game for shout-outs

Yes, I had the same rough hypothesis and it seems correct when amended with "Except when something else is funnier or more awesome"

Comment author: TobyBartels 17 January 2011 09:34:48PM 2 points [-]

Now we need TVTropes links: Rule of Funny, Rule of Cool (which links to more variations).

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