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Luke_A_Somers comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 109 - Less Wrong
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Not quite. It won't show you what you think you want, or even what you really truly want this second - it shows you what you would want, if you were were better, smarter, and more the person you wished to be. It's coherent - you should never look into the Mirror and go "on second thought, that's a terrible universe."
For example, Ron would not see himself becoming Prefect or being Head Boy, because in a decade or less he'll have outgrown such ambitions.
Another part of coherence is that, for groups, it's supposed to reconcile differing viewpoints - to only act on what's shared.
Sooo it could show the coherent desires shared between all Tom Riddles?
At first I thought that fact did not seem interesting, since it's not really expected for more than one person to be looking into the mirror at once.
But then I considered that, as the chapter closed, the mirror appeared to be speaking to BOTH Tom Riddles, and now I'm curious what their collective CEV looks like.