drethelin comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 8 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: drethelin 30 August 2011 04:52:02AM 7 points [-]

Hogwarts also has modern plumbing, which was presumably not put in by hand considering whoever did it would've found the chamber of secrets in that one place they put a bathroom. I think we can safely assume it will grow new features.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 30 August 2011 12:49:55PM 4 points [-]

Hogwarts also has modern plumbing, which was presumably not put in by hand considering whoever did it would've found the chamber of secrets in that one place they put a bathroom. I think we can safely assume it will grow new features.

The magic level of the Chamber is sufficiently high that one could conceive of it using an equivalent of a high level Confundus charm on people so that they could install plumbing and yet not notice. But you have a good point and your explanation sounds simpler.