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

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Comment author: JoshuaZ 30 November 2010 04:47:33AM 0 points [-]

Then why wait until he actually has reason to think that Voldemort may be on the brink of returning? Why not simply fabricate evidence?

People like to think of themselves as good. Many ambitious people might use unfortunate circumstances as a reason to get power even as they wouldn't go out of their way to cause those circumstances to come about.