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Velorien comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 20, chapter 90 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Velorien 04 July 2013 12:03:34PM 0 points [-]

Somehow, I am unable to imagine Minerva flat-out lying to a student about an academic fact such as the existence/symptoms of a disease, certainly not without something truly staggering being at stake.

Comment author: tondwalkar 08 July 2013 05:09:16PM 1 point [-]

I think it sounds the way an official lie would sound, and afaik the consequences of botched time travel are truly staggering.

Comment author: linkhyrule5 08 July 2013 09:19:33PM *  0 points [-]

They start with "the Scotland Crater" and go up from there.