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gwern comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 15, chapter 84 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: FAWS 11 April 2012 03:39AM

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Comment author: gwern 11 April 2012 02:05:22PM 8 points [-]

Actually, maybe this is the glitch in the Marauder's Map? 'the Defense Professor' is a little unusual a tag opposed to 'Minerva McGonagall' or ordinary names. (Although yes, it could also be reading 'Tom Riddle' or whatever, and Dumbledore wouldn't notice because IIRC he only grabs the Map from the twins to check for Riddle in Hogwarts after Quirrel goes to the Ministry.)

Comment author: RobertLumley 11 April 2012 02:40:16PM 5 points [-]

Yeah. p > 0.6 that this is the constant error in the marauders map for me. That's exactly what I thought when I was reading this.

Comment author: gwern 11 April 2012 03:02:31PM 3 points [-]

The glitch in the Marauder's Map is

Comment author: RobertLumley 11 April 2012 03:13:34PM 3 points [-]

You might want to edit those to clarify the constant glitch as opposed to the intermittent.

Since I made it, I'll estimate this, but I'm really hesitant to flood my predictionbook with HPMOR predictions. We really need categories there.

Comment author: gwern 11 April 2012 03:28:19PM 1 point [-]

Done.

Comment author: hairyfigment 13 April 2012 11:17:48PM -1 points [-]

The intermittent error could also be a pet snake, though I don't know if that would count as "standing" in the circle. Does Voldemort have a house-elf?