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

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 29 October 2010 01:09:45PM 4 points [-]

Could Roger Bacon's diary have important information in it?

I would be pleased if Quirrel was using the diary to affect Harry (whether by getting Harry to accept a gift or by some magic-related method), but Harry read it with more knowledge and/or attention and/or willingness to make deductions, and got some crucial addition to his abilities thereby.