mjr comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 17, chapter 86 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: mjr 20 December 2012 04:31:06PM 1 point [-]

Who knows of being reduced to constituent atoms by mundane means counts? (Probably it does, but it isn't certain.)

It still doesn't make it certain to work for such a case in particular, but Snape's "From the rumors I have heard, Headmaster, Muggle weapons are only slightly worse than the more... recondite aspects of wizardry" seems to be evidence towards counting.

Comment author: pedanterrific 20 December 2012 04:54:15PM 1 point [-]

I had taken that to refer to the scale of mass destruction possible, but good point.