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solipsist comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapters 105-107 - Less Wrong Discussion

6 Post author: b_sen 17 February 2015 01:17AM

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Comment author: imuli 17 February 2015 01:33:44AM 12 points [-]

The spell in progress that may kill hundreds of students that the stone can fix — sounds like something transfigured into a gas.

Comment author: solipsist 17 February 2015 01:39:51AM 1 point [-]

Ooooh, I like it!

But Harry was out watching the Quidditch game breathing non-doomy breaths.

Comment author: Alsadius 17 February 2015 01:51:03AM 5 points [-]

The promise was "tonight", and Harry left the Quidditch game at about 11:30 PM. Using colloquial meanings gives Quirrelmort until roughly sunrise to make good, which leaves him plenty of time even using the short nights of Scotland in June.