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

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Comment author: ChristianKl 06 July 2013 04:40:25PM 0 points [-]

Even if he wouldn't be willing to cast it himself, he has non-Slytheren students in his army who probably can cast the spell. Telling them to use the spell in that fashion is useful for him.

Draco is good at using other people for things he doesn't want to do himself.

Comment author: DanArmak 06 July 2013 05:36:28PM 0 points [-]

We can just enumerate the students who can cast it, they were listed in the appropriate chapters. I don't know if any of them would have stayed at Hogwarts over the holidays.

I accept it's possible that these students have already learned how to send messages via Patronus, since Harry said he was going to teach his soldiers to do it.

Comment author: ChristianKl 06 July 2013 06:47:17PM 1 point [-]

We can just enumerate the students who can cast it, they were listed in the appropriate chapters.

Are you sure? We have account from what happened in the class for first year students and about the dementor. We don't have any accounts what happens in the classes of more advanced students. We don't have any accounts of their battles either.

Comment author: DanArmak 06 July 2013 08:11:49PM 0 points [-]

You're right. I keep forgetting that students are still segregated by year.