somervta comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 19, chapter 88-89 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: tim 01 July 2013 10:21:11PM 5 points [-]

Note that this seems to contradict the glowing bat experiments performed in chapter 22.

"Seriously? You seriously have to say Oogely boogely with the duration of the oo, eh, and ee sounds having a ratio of 3 to 1 to 2, or the bat won't glow? Why? Why? For the love of all that is sacred, why?"

Comment author: somervta 02 July 2013 02:15:44AM 3 points [-]

It may be that this is only true for some spells? Although, to be honest, I'm leaning towards it either being a typo or not an incantation, just communication with Hogwarts.