Gondolinian comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 116 - Less Wrong Discussion
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On /r/HPMOR, some have been speculating that Dumbledore coated the Philosopher's Stone with Bahl's Stupefaction, which you might remember from chapter 63:
This would explain why Voldemort let Harry keep his wand after swearing the Unbreakable Vow, and now also might explain Harry's recent actions.
That's a literal Idiot Ball reference, not to mention canon. I don't think we'll see it.
But it's not an idiot ball if there's an actual legitimate reason for being stupid.
Like, in The Naked Time and The Naked Now, the initial infections were pure idiot ball.
The subsequent infections, and the crew doing spectacularly stupid and even suicidal things, were not.
I kind of wish Harry just figured out how to escape earlier. It would have been awesome for him to end the Unbreakable Vow by transfiguring the other wand into a flashbang.
I hope Eliezer pulls something like this to justify the Villain Ball.
I'm a fan of this.
Voldemort, having spent more than five minutes looking into weaknesses, has figured out how to be immune to things that are common knowledge.