Velorien comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 104 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Velorien 16 February 2015 02:27:53PM 7 points [-]

Don't forget that Quirrell can sense Harry's emotions (cf. coming to a resolution, and the prophecy). Under the circumstances, he doesn't need mind-reading to realise that Harry's figured him out.

Comment author: Benito 17 February 2015 12:49:00AM 0 points [-]

And I'd managed to forget about their magics not touching. So yes, maybe it was body language after all.

Comment author: bogdanb 17 February 2015 10:18:34PM 0 points [-]

Well, we only know that Harry feels doom when near Q and/or his magic, and that in one case in Azkhaban something weird happened when Harry’s Patronus interacted with what appeared to be an Avada Kedavra bolt, and that Q appears to avoid touching Harry.

Normally I’d say that faking the doom sensations for a year, and faking being incapacitated while trying to break someone out of Azkhaban, would be too complicated. But in this case...