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

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Comment author: bogdanb 20 July 2013 11:19:38PM *  1 point [-]

On the other hand, Bacon's diary has nothing to commend it in terms of material (it is just a book),

I’m not arguing, but how do we know that? IIRC we’ve never seen exactly what was in there, and Harry never got around to reading it. And it doesn’t sound like Quirrell to just make a gift just because it’s an "old rare item”, especially since he doesn’t quite like science and Bacon’s relevance to Harry is not that he had magic, but that he was a (proto-)scientist.

Comment author: Velorien 21 July 2013 02:58:27PM 4 points [-]

We're told that Bacon's research into magic did not get very far without a wand, and he never had any formal magical training since he refused his letter. It thus seems unlikely that he enchanted his diary in any interesting way.

Comment author: bogdanb 21 July 2013 07:56:31PM 2 points [-]

We have only Quirrell’s word for most of that, though it seems plausible to me too.

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