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

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Comment author: gwern 17 August 2013 09:35:55PM 4 points [-]

Fletcher is portrayed as a sketchy thief/fence pretty much from book 1, IIRC. It's hard to imagine that so many people could have intentionally or not abandoned their magical ownership as to make such a career feasible.

Comment author: MugaSofer 21 August 2013 05:56:32PM *  -1 points [-]

He refers to cauldrons that "fell off the back of a broomstick". Perhaps he meant it literally?

But no, he tells an amusing story about stealing toads from a fellow thief and selling them back to him. It's clear that their relationship is built on selling each other things they "nicked".