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Alsadius comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 11 - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: Oscar_Cunningham 17 March 2012 09:41AM

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Comment author: Alsadius 23 March 2012 06:11:51AM 4 points [-]

True, but it's a question that might get asked under Veritaserum.

(That said, we are talking about Hermione here. She can probably learn the spell from the false memory of having cast it once. So this test isn't likely to be conclusive.)

Comment author: pedanterrific 23 March 2012 06:21:24AM 5 points [-]

She can probably learn the spell from the false memory of having cast it once.

Exactly. Which, while awesome, is not especially helpful in this one particular case.