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

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Comment author: drnickbone 11 July 2013 09:34:06AM 3 points [-]

Well it didn't work before because getting scared and writing "DON'T MESS WITH TIME" was also a stable loop. If you read the description carefully, Harry broke his own protocol.

This is why I suggested adding the Imperius, memory charms and other powerful protection spells to ensure the protocol is followed. If Azathoth appears in the middle of the protocol anyway then the protection spells weren't strong enough !

Comment author: TobyBartels 19 July 2013 02:09:52AM 3 points [-]

There's still the danger that the most likely stable loop is one where somebody breaks your protection spells. You need the probability of that to be much less than the probability of guessing the correct answer A.