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Jost comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 111 - Less Wrong Discussion

3 Post author: b_sen 25 February 2015 06:52PM

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Comment author: Jost 25 February 2015 09:27:47PM *  1 point [-]

I don't there's a mention of trolls not aging.

Okay, now I want to read an Arithmancer/HPMoR crossover fic, wherein MathWiz!Hermione figures out the differential equations underlying the trolls’ constant self-transformation and then goes on to create a magical equivalent of genetically modified trolls …

ETA:

it's not clear that the process is fast enough to keep 6 billion humans alive.

In fact, it’s clear that the process is not fast enough: Search chapter 111 for mentions of the word “minutes”!