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drethelin comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 17, chapter 86 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: drethelin 17 December 2012 09:42:24AM 5 points [-]

I get the impression that the phoenix is a rewrite prompted by someone pointing out to Eliezer that in terms of consequentialism abandoning that woman was the same as letting an innocent bystander catch a curse, so Harry had already violated the new vow he was taking.

Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 18 December 2012 07:34:22AM 5 points [-]

The title of the arc is "Taboo Tradeoffs". The phoenix was the original intended ending. I just couldn't get it written in time.

Comment author: loup-vaillant 20 December 2012 05:11:59PM *  -1 points [-]

Aand, maybe you didn't want to face the wrath that would no doubt have risen with such a heart wrenching cliffhanger. ;-)

Comment author: Alsadius 17 December 2012 10:30:27AM 4 points [-]

Not really - she could be rescued, while a dead person cannot be.

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