alienist 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 04:36:06PM 0 points [-]

I'd bank on other spells; "meaningless" is a pretty strong dismissal, and I don't think it could apply to something that let you become a disembodied possessing spirit. The Pioneer horcrux might just be an evil surprise for another planet some day.

Comment author: alienist 21 February 2015 02:06:12AM 0 points [-]

The Pioneer horcrux might just be an evil surprise for another planet some day.

Probably not, space is incredibly empty.

Comment author: TobyBartels 23 February 2015 06:31:22AM 0 points [-]

The main danger, I would imagine, is that somebody searching for signs of extraterrestrial life [that is, extra-their-terra, not extra-our-terra] might actually seek it out. (Hopefully anyone with the technology to make such a search successful already knows about magic and can safeguard against it.)

Comment author: alienist 24 February 2015 04:47:33AM 1 point [-]

Well, that raises the question how exactly does magic interact with aliens? Come to think of it how do hocruxes interact with Terran non-human sentients?