Isabella Chen’s Reviews > Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality > Status Update
Isabella Chen
is on page 250 of 2184
The characters in this book are more rational than your average fantasy characters. If more characters approached problems like they do, we'd have more interesting stories since obstacles are caused not by human stupidity and ignorance but by genuine dilemmas. Not only dilemmas that demand some physical action but also psychological ones.
— Jun 12, 2018 01:31PM
Like flag
Isabella’s Previous Updates
Isabella Chen
is on page 550 of 2184
Remember when you were a kid how lots of stories had a 'moral' this is one of those kinds of stories. Only the moral is very, very different. I think its about how one should use rationality to make decisions, but that it has to be used with kindness?
— Jun 27, 2018 06:57AM
Isabella Chen
is on page 450 of 2184
Author has thought deeply about each character's thinking style. Main characters all act in a rational way, although their inputs are different. Harry uses facts (actions to fulfil curiosity or need for fairness), Draco uses psychology in a broader social context (takes action to influence power players or large groups), Minerva uses psychology on a personal level (actions ensure well being of individual children)
— Jun 24, 2018 01:52PM
