Comment on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 16, chapter 85

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:19:58 GMT

The same prophecy could fail to erupt many times.

As the CS saying goes, things happen 0, 1, or indefinitely many times. Why does this Sybil failure happen only twice (as opposed to every night, the prophecy not having gone off on a vacation or anything), and why is it linked with additional characters who were not also linked to the previous incident?

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