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

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Comment author: anotherblackhat 18 April 2012 03:54:35AM *  1 point [-]

The evidence against QQ is pretty strong;

  • H&C cast a memory charm on Hermione without triggering the wards.

Only a Hogwarts professor, Dumbledore, and maybe Lupin could do that.

  • H&C either wanted Hermione to be blamed for attempted murder, or wanted her to succeed.

That rules out everyone is isn't willing to kill innocent children to advance their plots. Realistically, only QQ fits.

Whether Harry has enough information to figure it out is a different question.

Comment author: wedrifid 18 April 2012 04:12:41AM 1 point [-]

Only a Hogwarts professor, Dumbledore, and maybe Lupin could do that.

What is special about Lupin that he could pull it off? The professors would probably have security clearance. Dumbledore has security clearance and is incidentally freaking Dumbledore but Lupin is just some wizard. He's fairly competent but not so much as, say, Mad-Eye. I suppose he has better than average Hogwarts-security knowledge due to his misspent youth...

Comment author: anotherblackhat 18 April 2012 04:33:58AM 5 points [-]

Lupin was brought in as a special instructor for the Patronus charm, thus might possibly have professor status.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 18 April 2012 03:57:29AM 0 points [-]

Only a Hogwarts professor, Dumbledore, and maybe Lupin could do that.

Snape falls into the first category. That said, I agree that Quirrell is almost certainly the actual culprit.