DanielLC comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 26, chapter 97 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 15 August 2013 04:13:16AM 13 points [-]

unlikely for him to have not known, and also not been responsible for killing her?

It's unlikely for him to currently not know, and also not be responsible for killing her, since the fact that she was murdered shortly afterwards shows that someone wanted her dead, and is powerful evidence that she was framed.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 15 August 2013 04:29:08AM 1 point [-]

Neeevermind. Reread that section. Fair enough.

Comment author: gwern 15 August 2013 03:20:17PM 0 points [-]

and is powerful evidence that she was framed.

Reminds me a little of Komponisto's argument about the Amanda Knox case: to show that she and Raffael killed Meredith, it is sufficient to show that they tried to cover up her murder by faking a breakin: http://lesswrong.com/lw/35d/inherited_improbabilities_transferring_the_burden/

Comment author: TobyBartels 22 August 2013 06:01:25PM 1 point [-]

Well, that's how Encyclopedia Brown solves all his cases.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 15 August 2013 04:25:07AM *  0 points [-]

Well, yes. But that's not the context - it's something that Lucius' fans could figure out - Harry says that "they can't have it both ways, either Lucius knew she was framed at the time or killed Hermione."