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

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Comment author: DanArmak 25 March 2012 03:11:40AM 3 points [-]

They wouldn't disappear. They would, after a period, go back in time in order to become one of the other people in the battle.

I realize that. For other observers' practical purposes, they would disappear.

Using a time turner to make clones in battle is a very, very dangerous idea. Harry has been warned, strenuously, by Professor McGonnagal that he should not directly interact with himself

Meh, she worries about that kind of thing too much.