drethelin 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: drethelin 02 July 2013 07:40:22PM 2 points [-]

This might be different when you're manipulating unthinking magic system rather than addressing a sentient entity such as the sorting hat.

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