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

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Comment author: Rukifellth 18 July 2013 01:48:34PM *  26 points [-]

I've been working with the idea that Quirrell is a high functioning psychopath, who often believe that other people are also "faking it".

Comment author: Alsadius 20 July 2013 06:52:20PM 2 points [-]

That seems like a really obvious descriptor of Voldemort.

Comment author: Rukifellth 21 July 2013 02:40:09AM *  0 points [-]

Or maybe Voldemort is pretending to be a psychopath. pretending to be a cynic who uses masks.

Comment author: Velorien 21 July 2013 03:01:19PM 2 points [-]

In the fact of pretending to be anything he becomes someone who uses masks, so that has to be his first level of identity even if it gets duplicated further up. He could, I suppose, secretly be an idealist who uses masks, but that seems unlikely.

Comment author: Rukifellth 21 July 2013 04:14:32PM *  0 points [-]

I figured a psychopath could pretend to have the emotion of fear and hurt, which a mask using cynic would retain.