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TheOtherDave comments on Open thread, May 17-31 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 23 May 2013 04:03:42PM 6 points [-]

In your position I'd be curious about her response to "Has [best friend] ever said things that turned out not to be true?", but I'd also be worried about poisoning her relationship to her best friend in the process of asking.

Comment author: David_Gerard 24 May 2013 10:38:36AM *  5 points [-]

[best friend] is also magical and has power over the weather, or at least making it sunny on a rainy day. Daughter's mother and I have both attempted to gently stimulate skepticism on this point. (Said best friend has a somewhat troubled family life and I suspect is claiming to be magical to feel power over her life, so we're happy to be gentle over this one.)