SilentCal comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapters 105-107 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: SilentCal 20 February 2015 12:00:58AM 4 points [-]

Realization: when Harry first encountered the dementor and saw his parents' murder, he noted that the neutral patterns of the memory shouldn't have even existed. Maybe that's because it's a false memory? I note this now because it removes constraints from what V might have actually done that day.

Comment author: garabik 20 February 2015 02:05:00PM 6 points [-]

Maybe that's because it's a false memory?

It is very likely. Also from Chapter 3, when McGonagall told Harry about his parents' murder:

And somewhere in the back of his mind was a small, small note of confusion, a sense of something wrong about that story; and it should have been a part of Harry's art to notice that tiny note, but he was distracted. For it is a sad rule that whenever you are most in need of your art as a rationalist, that is when you are most likely to forget it.

Comment author: hairyfigment 20 February 2015 08:39:12PM -2 points [-]

Yes, but who cast it? If V did it before the inability to cast spells on each other went into effect, would the memory still be there today?

The absence of a Horcrux ritual would support your theory, but V could have done that with some guy he burned to death after the memory ends.

Comment author: ChristianKl 20 February 2015 08:43:54PM 0 points [-]

Yes, but who cast it?

Voldemort had plenty of minions.

Comment author: TobyBartels 23 February 2015 06:32:51AM 0 points [-]

Voldemort didn't have nearly as many minions after his apparent death, although I admit that there would be some possibilities still available.