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

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Comment author: cousin_it 08 November 2010 01:47:41PM *  3 points [-]

Ch. 57-58: I'm finally forced to abandon my original misplaced expectations about the fic. I thought it was trying to be realistic in the Watt-Evans sense, but now I see that awesomeness is more important to Eliezer than plausibility. (Scaring away twelve Dementors who approach close while the Patronus is down? Building a rocket from memory?) Okay, this kind of fiction makes for an enjoyable read too.

Now that I think of it, the plan has been doomed since Ch. 56, and possibly earlier. Harry's idea of dealing with McGonagall involves using the Time-Turner again. This means a version of Harry must leave Mary's Place before Harry and Quirrell begin their elaborate precautions, and maybe before they even order their food (Ch. 51). Whoops.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 10 November 2010 02:40:37AM 3 points [-]

As long as an object exists you can transfigure something to it. You don't need to know everything about a device to transfigure a duplicate.