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Luke_A_Somers comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 27, chapter 98 - Less Wrong Discussion

2 Post author: Vaniver 28 August 2013 07:29PM

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Comment author: jkaufman 29 August 2013 10:41:09AM 19 points [-]

it was the reason for the old tradition of the Noble families synchronizing the birth of their heirs, to put them in the same year of Hogwarts, if they could

This is a nice solution to "magical Britain is much too small for Hogwarts to be this big" and "why is everyone important in Harry's class?". Go cicadas!

Comment author: Luke_A_Somers 29 August 2013 03:58:10PM 5 points [-]

I see it as a solution to the latter, but the former? I'd heard rather the opposite problem.