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SelfInsert denied. This is EliezerYudkowsky speaking, I\'d consider it inappropriate to edit the main page so I\'m adding this remark. Harry is drawing on my skills and intelligence, as does e.g. Professor Quirrell, and he\'s even drawing to some extent on my ethics and morals, but his personality isn\'t me as a child or me as an adult, and he makes plenty of mistakes that get him slapped down by reality or other characters. When I write an actual self-insert fic, the main character will be an AI researcher. Also the term \
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SelfInsert denied. This is EliezerYudkowsky speaking, I\\\'d consider it inappropriate to edit the main page so I\\\'m adding this remark. Harry is drawing on my skills and intelligence, as does e.g. Professor Quirrell, and he\\\'s even drawing to some extent on my ethics and morals, but his personality isn\\\'t me as a child or me as an adult, and he makes plenty of mistakes that get him slapped down by reality or other characters. I don\\\'t consider \\\"SelfInsert\\\" necessarily pejorative, it would be fine if I were writing a character who was an actual AI researcher, but it does bug me if any competent character gets accused of being one. The term \\\"AuthorAvatar\\\" is \\\'\\\'clearly\\\'\\\' inappropriate if you look at the actual page; that\\\'s for characters with no role in the plot. Harry also launches into occasional rationality lectures on topics I\\\'ve previously covered, but that\\\'s because this \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\' - unabashedly, deliberately, openly, and with full intent to educate the readers - an AuthorTract.

PS: Explanation under GeniusBonus of how to arbitrage Muggle and wizarding gold-to-silver exchange rates is incorrect, see chapter 4 for correct details.
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SelfInsert denied. This is EliezerYudkowsky speaking, I\'d consider it inappropriate to edit the main page so I\'m adding this remark. Harry is drawing on my skills and intelligence, as does e.g. Professor Quirrell, and he\'s even drawing to some extent on my ethics and morals, but his personality isn\'t me as a child or me as an adult, and he makes plenty of mistakes that get him slapped down by reality or other character. When I write an actual self-insert fic, believe me, you will know it. Also the term \
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SelfInsert denied. This is EliezerYudkowsky speaking, I\\\'d consider it inappropriate to edit the main page so I\\\'m adding this remark. Harry is drawing on my skills and intelligence, as does e.g. Professor Quirrell, and he\\\'s even drawing to some extent on my ethics and morals, but his personality isn\\\'t me as a child or me as an adult, and he makes plenty of mistakes that get him slapped down by reality or other characters. When I write an actual self-insert fic, the main character will be an AI researcher. Also the term \\\"AuthorAvatar\\\" is \\\'\\\'clearly\\\'\\\' inappropriate if you look at the actual page; that\\\'s for characters with no role in the plot. Harry also launches into occasional rationality lectures on topics I\\\'ve previously covered but that is because this \\\'\\\'is\\\'\\\', unabashedly, deliberately, and with full intent to educate the readers, an AuthorTract.

PS: Explanation under GeniusBonus of how to arbitrage Muggle and wizarding gold-to-silver exchange rates is incorrect, see chapter 4 again.
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SelfInsert denied. This is EliezerYudkowsky speaking, I\'d consider it inappropriate to edit the main page so I\'m adding this remark. Harry is drawing on my skills and intelligence, as does e.g. Professor Quirrell, and he\'s even drawing to some extent on my ethics and morals, but his personality isn\'t me as a child or me as an adult, and he makes plenty of mistakes that get him slapped down by reality or other character. When I write an actual self-insert fic, believe me, you will know it. Also the term \
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SelfInsert denied. This is EliezerYudkowsky speaking, I\\\'d consider it inappropriate to edit the main page so I\\\'m adding this remark. Harry is drawing on my skills and intelligence, as does e.g. Professor Quirrell, and he\\\'s even drawing to some extent on my ethics and morals, but his personality isn\\\'t me as a child or me as an adult, and he makes plenty of mistakes that get him slapped down by reality or other character. When I write an actual self-insert fic, believe me, you will know it. Also the term \\\"AuthorAvatar\\\" is \\\'\\\'clearly\\\'\\\' inappropriate if you look at the actual page; that\\\'s for characters with no role in the plot.

PS: Explanation under GeniusBonus of how to arbitrage Muggle and wizarding gold-to-silver exchange rates is incorrect, see chapter 4 again.
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Self-Insert denied: Harry is not Eliezer Yudkowsky, he\'s drawing on EY\'s skills and intelligence but doesn\'t have EY\'s personality as a child or adult.
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SelfInsert denied. This is EliezerYudkowsky speaking, I\\\'d consider it inappropriate to edit the main page so I\\\'m adding this remark. Harry is drawing on my skills and intelligence, as does e.g. Professor Quirrell, and he\\\'s even drawing to some extent on my ethics and morals, but his personality isn\\\'t me as a child or me as an adult, and he makes plenty of mistakes that get him slapped down by reality or other character. When I write an actual self-insert fic, believe me, you will know it. Also the term \\\"AuthorAvatar\\\" is \\\'\\\'clearly\\\'\\\' inappropriate if you look at the actual page; that\\\'s for characters with no role in the plot.
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