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

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Comment author: Fermatastheorem 23 August 2013 04:00:54AM 2 points [-]

Thank you!

Comment author: Velorien 23 August 2013 01:00:57PM 5 points [-]

I expect that point of the pen is to demonstrate to Lord Malfoy that a) Harry is a man of his word, and thus his words are worth examining, and b) Harry is a man of /exactly/ his word, and thus worth respecting.

It occurs to me that for a normal person "his words are worth examining" and "worth respecting" would be the other way round in that sentence.