Sheaman3773 comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 7 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Sheaman3773 24 January 2011 09:33:11PM 1 point [-]

I think it more likely that Harry would think that it would still appear to kill without physical damage--the witches and wizards would take that as proof that the spell attacked the soul, and Harry would think that does something that we aren't sure of, but almost certainly it didn't actually attack a literal "soul." In my opinion.

Comment author: TobyBartels 29 January 2011 12:21:09AM 2 points [-]

Harry would think that does something that we aren't sure of, but almost certainly it didn't actually attack a literal "soul."

And that would be his error.

I still hope to find that the kind of soul that Draco believes in --one that Muggles don't have-- will turn out to be something real (but of course not what Muggles mean by "soul", nor anything that Wizards really understand).