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

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Comment author: Anubhav 05 February 2012 03:24:10AM *  3 points [-]

getting rationalists to make homeopathy work by believing in it

Uh... homeopathy doesn't require you to believe in it . That's not how the placebo effect works.

So you might need to get someone who didn't know about dementors and tell them that they play poker. Be sure to tell it with a straight face. In a textbook might work best.

If there's a magical way to plant false memories, you don't need to put in nearly that much work.

ETA: There were Memory Charms in Rowling's version.

Comment author: pedanterrific 05 February 2012 03:52:49AM 2 points [-]

There is in this one, too.

"The courts use Veritaserum, but it's a joke really, you just Obliviate yourself before you testify and then claim the other person was Memory-Charmed with a false memory. If you've got a Pensieve, and we do, you can even get the memory back afterward. Now, ordinarily the courts presume in favor of Obliviation having occurred rather than more complicated Memory Charms. [...]"

Comment author: AspiringKnitter 05 February 2012 10:59:57PM 0 points [-]

Good point.

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