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Comment author: thomblake 18 April 2012 01:54:26PM 0 points [-]

Barbour's The End of Time wasn't published until 1999, yet Harry still knows timeless physics.

I was under the impression Harry didn't learn that from Barbour - he derived it himself.

Comment author: Randaly 18 April 2012 02:28:56PM 7 points [-]

I don't think so- the passage implied that other muggleborns might know it as well:

Even if some Muggleborn knew about timeless formulations of quantum mechanics

Plus I get the feeling that it's beyond Harry's own capabilities, since his original thoughts/ideas are also (generally) Eliezer's original thoughts/ideas

Comment author: linkhyrule5 18 April 2012 09:13:31PM 3 points [-]

Yeah, no. Harry's smart, but he's not that smart.

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