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Bugmaster comments on The Singularity Institute's Arrogance Problem - Less Wrong Discussion

63 Post author: lukeprog 18 January 2012 10:30PM

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Comment author: ArisKatsaris 20 January 2012 12:33:35AM *  6 points [-]

I've also heard others mention that HP from HPMoR is an unsufferable little twat, which I assume is the same attitude they would have if they were to read LW.

I also think that HJPEV is a unsufferable little twat / horrible little jerk, but I love LW and have donated hundreds of dollars to SIAI. And I've strongly recommended HPMOR itself even when I warn people it has something of a jerk for a protagonist. Why shouldn't I ? Is anyone disputing that he's much less nice than e.g. Hermione is, and he often treats other people with horribly bad manners? If he's not insufferable, who is actually suffering him other than Hermione (who has also had to punish him by not speaking to him for a week) or Draco (who found him so insufferable in occasion that he locked him up and Gom-Jabbared him...)

Comment author: Bugmaster 21 January 2012 01:19:08AM 1 point [-]

I also think that HPJEV is a unsufferable little twat / horrible little jerk...

I always assumed that this character detail was intentional, especially since some other characters call HP out on it explicitly.