LucasSloan comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 2 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: LucasSloan 04 August 2010 10:57:54PM 8 points [-]

Almost certainly not in the timeframe of the fic. I think that 1995 was about the first time we successfully used a retrovirus to cure a human disease, and we still don't have the tech to create a contagious disease to do so.

Comment author: dclayh 05 August 2010 01:13:54AM 2 points [-]

Oh, good point. I always forget that HP isn't technically in the present day.