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Alejandro1 comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 24, chapter 95 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Alejandro1 18 July 2013 01:40:22PM *  65 points [-]

I am amazed that Eliezer managed to take Rowling's most corny idea and made it non-corny: "The power that the Dark Lord knows not" is, after all, none other than the power of true love. And it is a mighty power not because of a hokey magical force attached to it, but because someone who feels it in addition to being rational is motivated to reshape the universe. "Power comes from having something to protect."

Comment author: sboo 19 April 2014 06:15:57AM 0 points [-]

quirrel wants to protect himself from death. and gains the power to do it.