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zslastman comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 18, chapter 87 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: zslastman 25 December 2012 11:46:06AM *  1 point [-]

This post has been very educational to me. The people in my head are either direct copies of me or opaque blocks of remembered behavior by others. I'm not even confident I can tell the difference if someone else is writing them. The fact that it works like this for you is humbling. I wonder how much of that is talent, and how much is skill...

Comment author: Alicorn 25 December 2012 02:01:53PM 1 point [-]

Most of it is practice. I've had the named characters kicking around in my head for much of my waking time for years.