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

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Comment author: rdb 09 September 2011 12:55:12PM 0 points [-]

If Salazar Slytherin foresaw use of Rule 12, a hidden requirement to pass on the knowledge to the next heir in the transfer ritual could explain Harry's survival. The transfer ritual requiring a later deposit, a checkpoint of the recipient's state, could explain why Quirrell seems more than how Voldemort has been described - if he does contain multitudes. Or the different instantiation has avoided physical pathologies Voldemort lived with.