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

6 Post author: NihilCredo 02 November 2010 06:57PM

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Comment author: bentarm 07 November 2010 10:26:36PM 8 points [-]

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erm... Harry was worried that they'd figure out that he'd used partial transfiguration to make a hole in the wall, but he's not worried that they might figure out that he's just about the only wizard on the planet who would ever think of transfiguring a rocket-powered broomstick? Surely that idea has Harry James Potter Evans-Verres stamped all over it?

Comment author: NihilCredo 08 November 2010 12:38:27AM *  3 points [-]

Debatable.

Sirius Black, and then Hagrid, rode a flying, roaring motorbike.

This was wizarding propulsion on a Muggle vehicle, rather than the reverse, but it makes a rocket broomstick quite a bit more believable.

Comment author: DanArmak 08 November 2010 02:26:13PM 3 points [-]

It's an obvious idea for any Muggleborn wizard, at the very least.

The only reason it hasn't been used to escape Azkaban before is that everyone was using Quirrel's original "perfect" plan. :-)