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Alsadius comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 15, chapter 84 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Alsadius 13 April 2012 03:26:30AM 2 points [-]

Though of course, Potter and Voldemort exist in the same world for 17 years without breaching physical law in canon, so perhaps it's not entirely literal.

Comment author: Velorien 13 April 2012 12:26:17PM 0 points [-]

Indeed. My comment was trying to account for Slackson and faul_sname's psychological reactions, rather than describe the literal meaning of the prophecy itself.