Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

...in the end, he did still have homework due tomorrow.

Final Aftermath:

She came awake with a gasp of horror, she woke with an unvoiced scream on her lips and no words came forth, she could not understand what she had seen, she could not understand what she had seen -

"What time is it?" she whispered.

Her golden jeweled alarm clock whispered back, "Around eleven at night. Go back to sleep."

Her sheets were soaked in sweat, her nightclothes soaked in sweat, she took her wand from beside the pillow and cleaned herself up before she tried to go back to sleep and eventually succeeded.

Sybill Trelawney went back to sleep.

In the Forbidden Forest, a centaur woken by a nameless apprehension ceased scanning the night sky, having found only questions there and no answers; and with a folding of his many legs, Firenze went back to sleep.

In the distant lands of magical Asia, an ancient witch named Fan Tong, sleeping the tired days away, told her anxious great-great-grandson that she was fine, it had only been a nightmare, and went back to sleep.

In a land where Muggleborns received no letters of any kind, a girl-child too young to have a name of her own was rocked in the arms of her annoyed but loving mother until she stopped crying and went back to sleep.

None of them slept well.

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Some of the latest news:

A major reason I've been overbusy lately is a new nonprofit we're launching, titled the Center for Applied Rationality, which will systematize cognitive-science-based how-to-think training at a much higher level than modern 'critical thinking' courses. (Sort of like the training Harry has been giving the Chaos Legion in between chapters, only more advanced.) We need test subjects for exercises under development, especially if you reside in the Bay Area. We have open positions for teachers/curriculum developers, executive assistants, consultants, and a programmer. If you're interested in making the world a saner place and learning a pile in the process, see hpmor dot com slash notes slash 78 for links to applications, or signing up to be a test subject.

The Center for Applied Rationality is planning a minicamp for 20 mathematically talented youths, of high school age, on August 6th-13th, with all expenses paid including plane tickets. Most focus will be on technical aspects of rationality (probability theory, decision theory) but also with some teaching of the same mental skills in the other Minicamps. Several instructors of International Olympiad level have already volunteered. See notes slash 85 for more details.

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