wedrifid comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 4 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 09 October 2010 11:26:48PM *  4 points [-]

it was a bit of misdirection; he knew he'd be able to get the same information from Harry's friends,

Harry's friends? Harry is a compulsive secret keeper! He will not even tell Hermione how to make patronuses and he keeps what he does with Malfoy and Hermione a hidden from each other (and incidentally manipulates them by keeping the key details of what he is trying to do to them to himself.)

Comment author: AdShea 13 October 2010 06:02:01PM 1 point [-]

Harry may be a compulsive secret keeper, but he also uses the scarlet letter technique a bit too often and Quirrel probably realizes that.