l2718 comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 108 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: l2718 21 February 2015 09:04:56PM 5 points [-]

In Ch. 37, Quirrell explains how he found Harry:

"and no blood purist is likely to think of consulting a phone book"

Conditioned on Lord Voldmort being a blood purist, this is evidence for Quirrell not being Voldemort (probably the intended interpretation). In fact, this was evidence for Lord Voldemort not being a blood purist.

Comment author: [deleted] 22 February 2015 03:10:30AM 7 points [-]

And if you've been paying attention to the Muggle world for the whole 20th century, a blood purist is exactly the sort of villain you'd think up.