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

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Comment author: Eugine_Nier 12 April 2012 06:32:08AM 7 points [-]

On the other hand, this 1926/1927 thing made me somewhat more susceptible to possibly meaningful dates …

When it really should have caused you to update in the other direction.

Comment author: Random832 12 April 2012 05:43:56PM 6 points [-]

Not so. That he changed it implies that he will make an effort to avoid possibly meaningful dates unless they really are meaningful. Therefore if we see any possibly meaningful dates in the future it is more likely that they are meaningful, than if he had left a non-meaningful possibly-meaningful date in this chapter.

Comment author: Alsadius 13 April 2012 02:40:36AM 3 points [-]

Only if we jump on it as hard as we'd jumped on the hero-Riddle theory.