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benthor comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 114 + chapter 115 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 04 March 2015 05:50:47PM 8 points [-]

A lot of people think that Voldemort was going too easy on Harry, making this a "Coil vs. Taylor in the burning building" violation of suspension-of-disbelief for some of them. I am considering rewriting 113 with the following changes:

  • Most Death Eaters are watching the surrounding area, not Harry; Voldemort's primary hypothesis for how Time might thwart him involves outside interference.
  • Voldemort tells Harry to point his wand outward and downward at the ground, then has a Death Eater paralyze Harry (except heart/lungs/mouth/eyes) in that position before the unbreakable Vow. This would also require a retroedit to 15 or 28 to make it clear that Transfiguration does not require an exact finger position on the wand.

Submitting...

Comment author: benthor 04 March 2015 07:01:08PM 7 points [-]

Long time lurker, signing up just to be able to vote for the harder version. Turns out I start out with 0 karma and am not allowed to vote. Oh well.

Comment author: Vaniver 04 March 2015 07:05:04PM 3 points [-]

Now you have one karma. Give it another try?

Comment author: benthor 04 March 2015 08:29:40PM 1 point [-]

Worked, thanks!

Comment author: c0rw1n 04 March 2015 07:27:09PM 1 point [-]

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Comment author: TobyBartels 05 March 2015 10:47:31PM 0 points [-]

You can also post in the welcome thread, which usually generates at least half a dozen points of starting karma.