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Vaniver comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 16, chapter 85 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Vaniver 18 April 2012 04:23:31PM 3 points [-]

If you knew that a woman in your village was communing via socially unapproved rituals with a transhuman intelligence of unknown nature and preferences, would you convince your village to burn her to death?

It was a question of expectation, not preference.

Comment author: Will_Newsome 19 April 2012 12:18:58AM 1 point [-]

Right, but I'm curious about your preference.