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elharo comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 22, chapter 93 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: elharo 06 July 2013 11:04:19AM 5 points [-]

Now there's a hypothesis: the difference between wizards and muggles is that wizards have minds while muggles merely have brains. Or wizards are not p-zombies and muggles are. I don't think that's where this story is going, but it might make an interesting premise for a different story.

Comment author: TobyBartels 09 July 2013 05:15:09AM 2 points [-]

So Muggles are like the inzcverf in Blindsight? That kind of fits, particularly from Quirrell's point of view.

Comment author: JoshuaZ 09 July 2013 05:24:40AM 0 points [-]

That kind of fits, particularly from Quirrell's point of view.

Seems more like the view of Lucius etc. We've seen very little of what Quirrel thinks about Muggles aside from his extreme distaste of nuclear weapons.

Comment author: TobyBartels 10 July 2013 06:45:25PM 1 point [-]

I used Quirrell instead of Lucius since I don't think that Lucius actually perceives Muggles as a threat. But as far as perceiving them as a different species, it is more a Death-Eaters' view.