noahpocalypse comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 113 - Less Wrong
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I think you forgot the 37(?) Death Eaters pointing their wands at Harry. You also forgot Voldie's famed reflexes, and a bullet definitely goes faster than a spell.
Do bullets go faster than spells, or is it that it's faster to pull a trigger than to cast a spell?
We've heard of wizards dodging spells.
It's also possible that Wizards are fast enough to dodge bullets.
(In the movies, the movements are much too slow to dodge bullets, but I wouldn't count that.)
If I may quote from my post:
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