DanArmak comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 111 - Less Wrong
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Nnnnot quite. Remember, for Harry, part of defeating death is mass true resurrection. And the only method of resurrection Harry knows of requires a finite amount of his own life-force. (I suppose that may not apply to Muggles, though.)
Also, he needs the body, which doesn't usually exist for anyone dead too long ago...
I said he would defeat death if he got the Philosopher's Stone (and it didn't have a finite charge). It can be used to return any living or recently dead human to a healthy young state.
Granted, Harry can't use it as fast as people die (roughly 2 people per second around the world). So he would still need to make more Stones.
Pretty much. It's not mass producible, is the problem here.
It's a start, and a pretty good start at that, but it's not done.