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Transfuturist comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, March 2015, chapter 118 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: Transfuturist 10 March 2015 03:31:56AM 2 points [-]

Unfortunately, deleting episodic memory while leaving procedural memory intact would mean that Voldemort would no longer remember the things he's able to do.

Comment author: MathiasZaman 10 March 2015 08:23:56AM 1 point [-]

He might, however, learn his old skills a lot faster than he otherwise would have.