So, since tinychat seems to work, just use that and instead of the study hall where we all do work, in this we’ll chat about...? I guess whichever topics are picked for that session.
Michelle_Z
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Not my intention. I was attempting to say “Don’t condemn the work as irredeemably anti-feminist or whatever before it’s even finished.” I see how I could have been misunderstood, though.
I think it would be prudent to wait until the story is completed to make those kinds of judgements. We simply do not know the intention yet.
They’re not old enough to be in Hogwarts yet.
I’m going to go out on a limb and assume laughter is the appropriate reaction. It’s a joke.
Somehow this troll succeeded in injuring a student, without alarm from the wards until the point of her death.
So someone tricked those wards, wards that were apparently working when Draco Malfoy was attacked. (Someone tricked them before, but that was by killing him so slowly the wards didn’t notice, not by disabling them so no one noticed a student was in mortal peril.)
Has anyone else noticed that Quirrell knew James Potter?
“James Potter,” said Professor Quirrell, his eyes narrowing. “The boy is not much like James Potter.
Defense Professor had knocked upon the door to her office and then entered without waiting for her answer, and spoken before she could say a word. Part of Minerva wondered distantly whether Harry Potter had picked up that habit from his Defense Professor
Huh. Drawing connections between the two of them seems obvious, but then again, I might be reaching.
Good catch. That slipped my mind. :o
Though, apparently the castle will be “scarred”...?
We might be working on similar projects… :o
If a drop of blood is all that’s required to summon fire that can burn through the walls of hogwarts, then what can liters of blood do?
False memory charm?
He touched it. In chapter 56 or 55, I forget which, Harry had to wear a glove to ride the room that Quirrell enchanted. In chapter 89, he picks up the troll by the ear.
Hermione’s cheeks were going even redder. “You’re really evil, did anyone ever tell you that?”
“Miss Granger,” Professor Quirrell said gravely, “it can be dangerous to give people compliments like that when they have not been truly earned. The recipient might feel bashful and undeserving and want to do something worthy of your praise.
Michelle Morgan was mine! D:
My reaction upon reading these chapters was to scream. Naturally, no one within hearing range was pleased. And my thoughts are...
So, Dumbledore likely has the philosopher’s stone.
“And finally,” she said, “Mr. Potter says—this is a direct quote, Albus—whatever kind of Dark Wizard attractant the Headmaster is keeping here, he needs to get it out of this school, now.” She couldn’t stop the edge in her own voice, that time. “I asked as much of Flamel,” Albus said, the pain clear in his voice. “But Master Flamel has said—that even he can no longer keep safe the Stone—that he believes Voldemort has means of finding it wherever it is hidden—and that he does not consent for it to be guarded anywhere but Hogwarts. Minerva, I am sorry, but it must be done—must! ”
And ok, I guess it COULD be hard to make the elixir of life, but… he has a phoenix. He can foof anywhere he likes. I can imagine Harry being horribly angry when he figures out Dumbledore had it the whole time and didn’t even bother to use a timeturner, make the elixir, and save Hermione.
I’ll remember that for whenever I get everything figured out. Thank you!
I mentioned a few months ago that I was going to record what I accomplish each day for 100 days. I managed to turn it into a habit (big deal for me- I find habit forming difficult) and started my second spreadsheet (I changed the way I “grade” my achievements, and made various upgrades to the system) and am about halfway into it! :D That combined with journaling every night gives me an estimation of why I get into depressive spirals where I don’t do any work, and helped me figure out what gets me out of them (where I end up completing a lot of work.)
It’s also gratifying to see a high score after doing several hours of work.
Thank you! This was well written and very helpful!
I was going to post something about this in the open thread, but this post just popped up.
I’ve been putting together a club for Effective Altruism on my campus (Cavaliers for Effective Altruism), and I’m stuck. I can run fundraisers and donate the money to a charity Givewell supports. My college has a system for donating to charities and fundraising, so that isn’t a problem.
The difficulty is getting other people interested in the club and teaching my club-members rationality, so the club continues existing after I graduate. I originally thought teaching people rationality wouldn’t be necessary, but the couple friends I mentioned this to have no idea what I’m talking about when I explain how effective altruism works. They don’t have the same intuitions that I do, so it sounds odd to them. It was around then I realized that I need my club-members to know some rationality. Are there any resources/guides out there for that kind of thing?
I know LessWrong is one of those resources, but I doubt many people will listen to me if I say “This week’s club-homework is to read x post from this blog.” I have a couple vague ideas for slipping this information into casual conversation, but they’re vague ideas. And it’s hard to impart enough information through casual conversation, anyway. I think I could try doing both (have people read specific articles/books and bring it up in casual conversation,) but that brings me back to the original problems: I have no idea how to teach rationality, and people don’t respect me enough to listen to me if I tell them they need to know something.
I know some people here have experience in teaching rationality, so I’m fishing for any advice. My two major concerns are: -How to bridge the inference gap between myself and my club members (where do I even start?) and if there are any other ways to teach rationality beyond the two I mentioned.