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

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Comment author: fractalman 06 June 2013 06:03:26AM 0 points [-]

4, actually, since "nobody loved draco and draco loved nobody", we're left with Hermione and Harry, which leaves a mere two one-directional options. 2^2=4.

Comment author: Desrtopa 06 June 2013 06:13:12AM 1 point [-]

"Draco loves nobody and nobody loves Draco" isn't a given, it's a subset of possible "love triangle" conditions which can be ruled out on the basis of their invalidating the love triangle premise. Configurations in which either Harry or Hermione neither love nor are loved by anyone would also be excluded.