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

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Comment author: David_Gerard 23 December 2012 05:14:04PM 3 points [-]

You're missing the point that reader objections you can find a way to dismiss as irrational are still reader objections. HP:MOR is explicitly intended as propaganda; so irrational reader objections are particularly important.

Comment author: Qiaochu_Yuan 23 December 2012 10:47:26PM *  2 points [-]

I'm not dismissing the objection. It's a perfectly sensible objection. I am dismissing the statement I pointed out and only that statement. Perhaps I should have made that clearer.

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