Vaniver comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 11 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Vaniver 23 March 2012 04:48:19AM 2 points [-]

This one is actually the least crazy of the lot, I think - the super-Patronus works on the principle of love for all human life. Someone who casts it ought to be damn near incapable of murder, and if the principle could be explained to the Wizengamot without ruining everything, the fact that Hermione managed it would actually constitute exculpatory evidence.

Love of all human life does not translate into an inability to do math or unwillingness to murder.

As well, it's not clear that guilty Hermione feels good enough about herself or all human life that she would be able to cast it.

Comment author: Alsadius 23 March 2012 05:38:08AM 1 point [-]

It's not a likely case, just less IMO unlikely than the others I listed. I'd put the odds at perhaps 10-20%. The rot13'd answer is the one I think is solidly the most likely.