This difference is poignantly illustrated by the fact that HPMOR Harry knows Tom Riddle is Voldemort but never catches on to the Riddle puns.
Harry in HPMoR hasn't been told Voldemort was once named Tom Riddle.
If you're going to correct me, please make sure that I'm actually wrong in the first place.
I've just made sure, by searching for all occurrences of the word "riddle" in the Methods of Rationality PDF -- and seeing that Dumbledore never once mentions the name Tom Riddle in front of Harry. Is this enough "making sure"?
I don't know why you would make this comment unless you're fishing for karma or you love to argue about trivial and stupid things.
Your imprecisions lead to flawed conclusions. I've only been making corrections when the mistakes significantly affect such conclusions.
This is a good catch by the way, and itself another oddity.
Canon Dumbledore told Harry a lot about Voldemort's background (including the Riddle years and his theories about the horcruxes) - HPMOR Dumbledore has done none of this. And yet he expects Harry to fight him, and Harry already knows about the prophecy.
Another issue is that I'm recently doubting whether Quirrell/Voldemort is actually Tom Riddle in the HPMOR universe. It is clearly implied that Quirrell = Voldemort, but then suddenly in chapters 84 and 85 we get this Quirrell = Hero identification ...
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