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

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Comment author: Alsadius 04 January 2013 05:32:29AM 1 point [-]

I suppose that if any website would have users who could compare to HJPEV, it'd be this one...

Comment author: OrphanWilde 04 January 2013 06:16:43AM 0 points [-]

His outlook is in many respects considerably healthier than mine were at that age; I truly believed in rationality for rationality's sake. But I don't find him an unbelievable character.

The really incomprehensible parts to me are things that I know some other people are capable of, such as emulating other people in their minds. His internal arguments are completely alien to me.