alethiophile comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 6 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: alethiophile 14 December 2010 06:48:22AM 1 point [-]

I should think that wandless magic, while possible, is at least far less powerful than wanded; presumably with that advantage, as well as anti-Disapparition jinxes, and perhaps other pre-cast defensive spells, a competent Auror should be able to hold and defeat any wizard. It might well be possible, for instance, to have an ongoing magic-triggered overpowered Somnium enchantment cast on the prison, that ignores the wands of specifically keyed-in wizards. Or something.