TheOtherDave comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 28, chapter 99-101 - Less Wrong

7 Post author: palladias 12 December 2013 05:10AM

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 12 December 2013 05:46:52PM 3 points [-]

I'm not sure what point you're making.

We can also say that the real reason it's not gleaming is because it doesn't exist at all; there is no blade, only words referring to a blade that doesn't exist.

But why would we say either of those things?

Comment author: TobyBartels 13 December 2013 05:02:41AM 3 points [-]

It's not a deep point. The reference to Harry's having read such an odd fact just struck me, that's all.