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

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Comment author: jkaufman 20 February 2015 02:36:50PM 1 point [-]

Lying in the sense of deliberate deception requires a theory of mind of the one being deceived, and snakes aren't that intelligent ...

Yes, I'm pretty sure that's EY's model.

But a snake animagus doesn't have a snake brain; you keep your normal mind while you're an animagus.

Comment author: TobyBartels 20 February 2015 06:02:24PM *  2 points [-]

Yes, I agree. So if Quirrel were deliberately trying to mislead, ‘Snakes can't lie.’ would be a great statement to use.

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