MathMage comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 119 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: AlexSchell 10 March 2015 08:20:02PM 6 points [-]

Aww, so Dumbledore was the one who told Harry to look for Hermione on the train in chapter 6 :)

Comment author: MathMage 11 March 2015 04:34:01PM 1 point [-]

Huh? Harry thought it was McGonagall. What in this chapter changes that?

Comment author: BrindIf 11 March 2015 06:33:36PM *  3 points [-]

We do not know for sure. Here are the quotes:

from chapter 6

As his hand touched the back door's handle, he heard a last whisper from behind him.

"Hermione Granger."

"What?" Harry said, his hand still on the door.

"Look for a first-year girl named Hermione Granger on the train to Hogwarts."

"Who is she?"

There was no answer, and when Harry turned around, Professor McGonagall was gone.

from chapter 8

"Were you told to wait for Harry Potter on the train to Hogwarts, or something like that?"

"No," Hermione said. "Who told you about me? "

"Professor McGonagall"

It doesn't look really like her style though.

Comment author: AlexSchell 12 March 2015 06:35:05AM 2 points [-]

The narration in the passage is extremely suggestive that someone other than McGonagall was at work. Dumbledore and Quirrell used to be the main candidate hypotheses for who it was, until this chapter basically confirmed it was Dumbledore.