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Alsadius comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 110 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: Gondolinian 24 February 2015 08:01PM

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Comment author: Alsadius 24 February 2015 11:52:35PM 0 points [-]

Presumably that they're equal but opposite.

Comment author: buybuydandavis 25 February 2015 01:48:11AM 2 points [-]

They're not numbers, they're people. They're neither "equal" nor "opposite". What they are is very similar, with some differences.

I guess if Magic Land recognizes them as two versions of the "same" person, as in labeling them both as Tom Riddle, you can play that game. I've seen some comments here or on reddit to that effect, but they seemed snide comments about confusing the Atlantean operating system. The snideness would be appropriate, IMO.