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TimS comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 14, chapter 82 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TimS 04 April 2012 07:26:46PM 11 points [-]

I hope Draco hasn't been removed from the story. I liked the convert Draco storyline as an example of what "raising the sanity line" would really look like.

Given all the character development Draco has undergone (best example is the scene with Goyle), I think it unlikely that he disappears, never to return. I would interpret that occurrence as evidence that raising the sanity line is not possible in magical Britain.

Comment author: Alsadius 05 April 2012 05:25:46AM 1 point [-]

I expect he'll write letters to Harry on the sly.

Also, remember back about 60 chapters when Draco realized that Lucius would be ecstatic to have Harry in his debt? Sort of funny in retrospect.

Comment author: bramflakes 04 April 2012 08:57:47PM 1 point [-]

Well Draco's not coming back now.

Hopefully Eliezer will throw us a short section from Draco's point of view as he extends the Bayesian Conspiracy to Durmstrang or wherever.

Comment author: TimS 05 April 2012 02:07:00AM 6 points [-]

Nooo!!!!

(Just saw new chapter. Looks like you were right. But if Draco's really gone, then I'm really confused where this story is and has been heading. Draco is not capable of leading a Bayesian Conspiracy. HJPEV is barely capable of doing so, in that he is a ridiculously overpowered polymath genius. If the main person of Harry's age worth inducting into the Bayesian Conspiracy is not longer in contact with Harry, what's the point of the Bayesian Conspiracy? Conservation of detail, if nothing else. <Ok, I admit I'm biased because I like political-ish maneuvering like Dune and Game of Thrones, and HPMoR doesn't have that without Draco>).