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Spurlock comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 108 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Spurlock 21 February 2015 01:10:31AM *  12 points [-]

I wanted it to be an anagram of my name, but that would only have worked if I'd conveniently been given the middle name of 'Marvolo', and then it would have been a stretch. Our actual middle name is Morfin, if you're curious.

Morfin is a Riddle family name, so we can probably rule out Eliezer choosing it for its anagrams. Nevertheless, might as well have some fun:

Tom Morfin Riddle

  • Mini from toddler
  • Firm doom tendril
  • Mind meld for riot
  • Mind for time lord
  • Dirt mod of Merlin
  • MOR died from lint
  • Mr. Flirted in Doom

What else?

Comment author: DanArmak 21 February 2015 01:30:20AM 11 points [-]

On Reddit, Eliezer endorsed these:

I hereby declare that two of the Defense Professor's past identities have included Mr. Fiddlemonitor and [I'm] Lord Demonrift.

Comment author: Gondolinian 21 February 2015 01:38:48AM 5 points [-]

MOR died from lint

Always the one you least expect...

Comment author: DanielLC 21 February 2015 02:37:57AM 2 points [-]

Maybe it was a horcrux.

Comment author: fubarobfusco 21 February 2015 02:21:00AM *  13 points [-]

Norm Modifier, Ltd.
Dim dolt informer
Find old Mortimer
Doom mind trifler
I'm Milton Redford
I'm Milford rodent
Florid Tinder mom

And, ultimately ...

Lord Tim, [the] Informed

"There are some who call me ... Tim."

Comment author: moridinamael 22 February 2015 05:04:13AM 7 points [-]

Firm dildo mentor

Comment author: CellBioGuy 21 February 2015 02:17:26AM *  3 points [-]

Dirt mod of Merlin

Terraforming tool?

Mind meld for riot

Not that dissimilar to what set up the confrontation in the hallway...

Comment author: UnclGhost 21 February 2015 02:33:46AM 1 point [-]

I wonder if he's just getting a new name for arbitrary reasons (like HPJEV, Bellatrix, etc.), for just this sort of anagram fun, or for some story-related significance to his mother naming him after her brother instead of her father?

Comment author: LauralH 24 February 2015 09:00:09AM 0 points [-]

Her maiden canon name is Black, not completely arbitrary.

Comment author: Subbak 23 February 2015 08:28:55PM 0 points [-]

Bella wasn't entirely arbitrary, it was to set up a joke when Harry thought Quirrel was talking about Sirius.

Comment author: Gondolinian 21 February 2015 10:12:05PM *  0 points [-]

'Mort dried no film

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