adamzerner comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 104 - Less Wrong Discussion
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Do you guys think there was any significance in the reasoning Harry used to trust Quirrell earlier? Like was their a particular message that this sort of reasoning is (particularly) poor?
I think this was yet another hint that obgu bs gurz ner Gbz Evqqyr. I think that the "world is mad" reasoning is one that Eliezer endorses in some sense--that is, there is a special kinship between the Only Sane People, but that kinship should not override other strategic and moral concerns.