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Desrtopa comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 9 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Desrtopa 14 September 2011 07:39:42PM 3 points [-]

They could possibly know, if they were to, say, keep recording devices on a large population of known seers, but from what we've seen so far I don't think I would credit the wizarding world in general with that much rigor.

Comment author: pedanterrific 14 September 2011 08:03:59PM *  10 points [-]

I don't think that would really settle the matter, though. All you would then know is whether seers prophesied when only in the presence of recording devices. (If a seer prophesied in the forest and no one was there to hear, would it constrain the future?) I wonder what you would call that, actually- the Cassandra Uncertainty Principle?