gjm comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 10 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gjm 13 March 2012 08:28:54AM 5 points [-]

Finally, H&C's dialogue is highly unquirrellish.

I have no strong opinion on whether H&C = Quirrell, but Harry has already remarked on Quirrell's facility at playing different roles.

Comment author: Desrtopa 13 March 2012 02:20:04PM 12 points [-]

The strongest evidence that H&C is not Quirrell seems to me to be how much more amateurish he is at manipulating people than Quirrell is. I don't believe it would have taken Quirrell dozens of iterations to realize he ought to change his appearance. It probably wouldn't have taken him one.