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

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Comment author: Astazha 23 February 2015 07:44:47PM 0 points [-]

I think this is the most important evidence against it. You could parse Quirrel as saying that Harry being Tom Riddle on the map is a surprise and no a trick, and that he is not commenting on himself being Tom Riddle instead of Baba Yaga.

You could also assume that Quirrel is lying about parseltongue. But yeah, I think that drops the probability a lot.