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buybuydandavis comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 26, chapter 97 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: buybuydandavis 16 August 2013 09:19:27AM 0 points [-]

In other words, it's not just wizard lawyers that are cute; wizard soldiers are also fundamentally non-serious.

I wouldn't say that they aren't dangerous, but I agree that they're unserious. Harry is one of an apparently very limited number who takes wizarding power seriously enough to learn how it works, and really think creatively about how it can be leveraged.