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JGWeissman comments on Are You a Paralyzed Subordinate Monkey? - Less Wrong Discussion

26 Post author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 March 2011 09:12PM

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Comment author: JGWeissman 03 March 2011 12:45:27AM 1 point [-]

It seems to convey a cynical view of Slytherin style thinking that may be blocking the achievement of Gryffindor and Hufflepuff values.

Comment author: Carinthium 03 March 2011 08:48:07AM 2 points [-]

Hasn't the very fanfic which introduced this idea pointed out that there are more ways of looking at an issue then just four?

Comment author: JGWeissman 03 March 2011 05:56:55PM 4 points [-]

Yes, and Less Wrong has way more than four tags, and this post is also tagged "akrasia". I am not too worried about us trying to fit everything into four little boxes from a fictional magical society.