gwern comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 9 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 15 September 2011 03:23:38PM 2 points [-]

Furthermore, since nobody seems to intentionally use it, it must have a drawback; extreme draining of magic disproportionate to the effects seems like a logical effect.

Lack of control seems like the biggest issue. 'Oops, I nearly killed someone' (Ariana), 'Oops, I didn't mean to make that glass disappear' (Harry), etc.