Luke_A_Somers comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 113 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 01 March 2015 10:46:28PM 6 points [-]

Harry doesn't know the actual prophecy, so I'd start it with,

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"Is prophesy essentially..."

"Powers, not excuses."

"Vow compels to raise this point. More important than powers."

Voldemort paused. "Proceed."

"Is prophesy essentially same as Centaur prophesy? Stars go dark?"

"Essentially."

Comment author: Nick_Roy 01 March 2015 11:46:41PM 3 points [-]

Sure. Along with the centaur evidence, there's: Harry's thought on star lifting in response to this prophecy in Ch. 21, Harry noticing Quirrelmort's interest in the same prophecy in Ch. 86, Quirrelmort's talk of the stars' vulnerability to "sufficiently intelligent idiocy" in Ch. 95, Voldemort's "while the stars yet live" remark in Ch. 111, Voldemort's more explicit talk on the prophecy and his great fear of it in the next chapter, and how the Unbreakable Vow is framed in the most recent chapter. If Harry connects these dots, he'll have a good idea of what the full prophecy says.