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

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Comment author: NihilCredo 29 November 2010 01:06:39AM *  1 point [-]

I disagree. The existence of a Slytherin girl's time-turner was all but spelled out before, which qualifies it as not-DeM. It was difficult to remember (I didn't, until Eliezer pointed it out) because it was a minor passage from many, many chapters in advance, but that only makes it even less of an Ass Pull.

If anything is wrong with that resolution, I think it's that Snape didn't think of that possibility despite being Head of House Slytherin and a master schemer.

Comment author: gwern 29 November 2010 01:55:32AM 0 points [-]

What was the passage?

Comment author: FAWS 29 November 2010 02:11:06AM 0 points [-]

The bit with the Slitherin girls in chapter 46.

Comment author: gwern 29 November 2010 02:27:41AM 1 point [-]

Ah. From http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5782108/46/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_of_Rationality :

'Hermione had refused to answer any questions, and as soon as they'd passed the split leading to the Slytherin dungeons, Daphne and Tracey had peeled off at once, walking as quickly as they could. Rumor traveled fast in Hogwarts, so they'd have to go to the dungeons right away if they wanted to be the first to tell everyone the story.

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"Yes," said Pansy sourly, from where she was sitting with Gregory's feet in her lap, leaning back and reading what seemed to be a coloring book, "Millicent already told us."

How -'

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