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Comment author: pedanterrific 19 April 2012 10:10:42PM 3 points [-]

It's also possible that the Source simply cannot access all possible data, but only things that have explicitly been formed into conscious thoughts

I'd say partial Transfiguration is pretty strong evidence that the Source of Magic is paying very close attention to wizards' conscious thoughts, whatever else its data-gathering abilities.

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