Manfred comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 5 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Manfred 05 November 2010 08:25:31PM 3 points [-]

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I'm a little doubtful. Harry suddenly gained super emotional powers, an area in which he's been shown to be lacking, and yet he hasn't thought to also hide himself under the cloak.

Unless he's giving himself away because he wants to. In which case it's still a problem, because that would be dumb. "Father had told Draco about the Rule of Three, which was that any plot which required more than three different things to happen would never work in real life. Father had further explained that since only a fool would attempt a plot that was as complicated as possible, the real limit was two."

So I'm curious to see what will happen for more than one reason.

Comment author: NihilCredo 05 November 2010 08:38:36PM 1 point [-]

Hiding under the cloak would put him in physical contact, or nearly so, with Quirrell. Though I guess he could also have had Bellatrix put him in his pouch.