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

11 Post author: Oscar_Cunningham 07 March 2012 04:46PM

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Comment author: [deleted] 14 March 2012 06:24:09PM 0 points [-]

If that were valid here, then wouldn't Gringotts be the place to send Ministry employees at random thrice a week?

Comment author: gwern 14 March 2012 06:42:34PM 2 points [-]

Yup. Why does Gringotts have better and useful wards than the Ministry? Because they're all idiots.

Comment author: sketerpot 15 March 2012 05:27:43AM 4 points [-]

Goblins have a history of taking certain things very seriously, and security is one of them. The Ministry is very serious about looking like they take security seriously. The difference is not a small one.