TobyBartels comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapters 105-107 - Less Wrong Discussion
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Canon!Voldemort, maybe. MoR!Voldemort, not a chance.
But rationalists should win, so MoR!Voldie should self-modify to be less Spock-rational and more capable of deceiving himself.
Only if the ability to lie to Harry Potter is more valuable than having a clearly-functioning mind that accurately represents the real world.
Well, I'm not denying that it's a Dark Art. He'd have to apply this very selectively. I couldn't pull it off. Eliezer probably couldn't pull it off. But this is Quirinus Quirrell we're talking about!
Edit after Ch 109: That's actually pretty similar.