ikrase comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 20, chapter 90 - Less Wrong Discussion
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But memories, like wounds, would be constantly overwritten. This troll, while quite competent in many ways, never displayed learning ability.
Somehow I don't think a human unable to learn would be what Harry would consider a valuable result.
I... think that the effects there would actually be much worse: The troll would be basically stateless. It's not even clear how that sort of thing would avoid disrupting the transfig. process.
Perhaps it's somewhat more advanced, like the charms that McGonagall was mentioning.