cousin_it comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 23, chapter 94 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: cousin_it 08 July 2013 07:05:59PM *  3 points [-]

Wait, can you use a time-turner to go back, pick up something and return to the present? In that case you can keep something permanently hidden outside of time, except for a minute every 6 hours as you pick it up and drop it off.

Comment author: Atelos 08 July 2013 07:15:34PM 12 points [-]

I'm reasonably certain time turners can't jump you forwards in time. So far as I can tell everyone who's used a time turner has taken the 'long path' to catch back up with their most advanced present.

Comment author: Intrism 08 July 2013 07:51:35PM *  5 points [-]

Harry can return to the present via the long route, if necessary. It doesn't appear that anyone bothered to check for extra Harries in the morning, so he wouldn't need to do anything more exotic than hide in the washroom before the previous Harry iteration got there in order to fool the Professors.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 09 July 2013 12:14:56AM 2 points [-]

For indefinite qualities of "permanently"-- it sounds like it's got the same sort of vulnerability as those embezzling schemes that fall apart if the embezzler is sick for a while.

Comment author: TobyBartels 19 July 2013 01:52:38AM 0 points [-]

How do those work?

I ask only out of curiosity!

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 19 July 2013 02:44:21AM 3 points [-]

I don't have specifics, but it's something like the embezzler being in charge of the accounting. so that scheme holds up as long as no one else looks at the books. Sensible companies have enforced vacations for anyone who has that sort of responsibility.