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CronoDAS comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 14, chapter 82 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: CronoDAS 07 April 2012 10:26:20AM 9 points [-]

Draco compared his awakening as a scientist to unknowingly participating in a ritual that irreversibly sacrificed his belief in blood purism.

I was under the impression that Draco thought that that was literally what happened.

Comment author: Alsadius 07 April 2012 03:39:03PM 14 points [-]

You know what they say, sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic.

Comment author: DSimon 12 April 2012 03:01:40AM 1 point [-]

I hear this inversion all the time, but this is the first circumstance under which it was actually very appropriate and witty! Well done.

Comment author: Alsadius 12 April 2012 09:55:47PM 0 points [-]

Yeah, I saw the comment above, and was sort of surprised nobody had made the joke yet. I doubt I'll ever see a more perfect spot for it, either.