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TsviBT comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 112 - Less Wrong Discussion

4 Post author: Gondolinian 25 February 2015 09:00PM

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Comment author: jkaufman 26 February 2015 07:57:17PM 6 points [-]

Crazy thought: Merlin lives backwards, Dumbledore has the Line of Merlin Unbroken, Dumbledore has a weird way of being able to make the future happen for the wrong reasons, Dumbledore just vanished into a place beyond time. Which makes me think Dumbledore might be Merlin's origin.

Comment author: Romashka 26 February 2015 08:39:44PM 1 point [-]

There was a novel by A&B Strugatsky, Monday starts on Saturday, which has this subplot (vaguely), and deals with an Institute of magic, and the protagonist is a programmer:)) set in 60-s - 70-s and with a pinch of propaganda. Translated into English, though i don't know how good.

Maybe you'd find it amusing, if at least for naivete.