Review of 'Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality' on 'Storygraph'
4 stars
Neat, in the places where Harry Potter is realistically a 12 year old boy, especially his interactions with Hermione (who, all things considered, still could have done with more agency.)
In the places where Harry Potter talks about defeating death, it reads as a bullshit extropian transhumanist tract. Death isn't a touchstone for Harry. He doesn't remember his biological parents. He wasn't touched by death as a child, unless you consider his pet rock. I understand that there's some plot magic, but it just doesn't ring true.