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

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Comment author: Rhwawn 06 April 2012 08:01:09PM 9 points [-]

Perhaps Horcrux!Harry has control (strongly put) over Harry for two hours every day, and this is the rise of his odd sleep cycle.

So you're thinking a Fightclub sort of control? I don't think that works: we have no unexplained gaps and things happening of themselves, or characters whom Harry could be hallucinating (Quirrel doesn't work). And the problem goes away with the Time turner, which a Horcrux!Harry wouldn't. As well, existing Horcrux!Harry moments seem evenly spaced out through the day (like in the latest plot arc, which was noon-1ish, IIRC).

Comment author: [deleted] 06 April 2012 11:39:31PM 9 points [-]

"The first rule of the Bayesian Conspiracy is that you don't talk about the Bayesian Conspiracy. To laypeople, I mean."

"The nth rule of the Bayesian Conspiracy may be deduced from the (n-1)th rule."

Comment author: Alicorn 07 April 2012 01:07:40AM 45 points [-]

No, no, "The first rule of the Bayesian Conspiracy is that you talk about the Bayesian Conspiracy just as much as a typical member of the general population does."

Comment author: gwern 07 April 2012 12:10:22AM 2 points [-]

"The Bayesian Conspiracy was just the beginning, now it's moved out of the classroom - it's called Chaos Army."

Comment author: RobertLumley 06 April 2012 08:40:17PM 2 points [-]

Never seen Fightclub, so hard to evaluate. But I meant more "influence". Whenever the story says Harry's "blood goes cold" I would evaluate that as control.