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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 113
konnifer00

Agreed. However, if we are in the mirror (or being mislead about location in some other way), I would expect things to make more sense after coming to that realisation. So far, they don't.

I'm trying to think up all my other confusions, and other evidence for mirror scenarios to try to make it all fall into place.

  • The mirror seems too mysterious to have finished its role in the story - Harry can understand more of the false words of comprehension, but he hasn't twigged yet. What could understanding "I show not your face but your coherent extrapolated

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1TobyBartels
I'm sure that he would have if he could have. But with Quirrelmort hidden by the Cloak, only Harry would have been trapped.
Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, February 2015, chapter 113
konnifer200

I have noticed many descriptors of the time, sky and moon in the story recently. I think they might be a clue.

At the Quidditch match:

  • "June in Scotland meant plenty of daylight; sunset wasn't until ten."

  • "As the sun set and Harry started using Lumos to read his books"

  • "And as the stars began to come out"

  • "Harry glanced at his watch - eleven-oh-four at night. Harry was now reading a sixth-year Transfiguration textbook; or rather he'd weighted the book open, illuminated by a Muggle glowstick,"

At the graveyard:

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Normal_Anomaly100

I don't care if it's a mistake or a clue. Writing a book of this sort, and then dropping this test on us, makes him 100% fair game for treating all mistakes as clues, poking at them, and generally getting any advantage we can out of their existence.

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3Vaniver
I suspect this is artistic license.
7toner
It's also one night before full moon (which is at 4:50am on June 15), which should make the sky quite bright. On a related note, consider what the moon looks like one night before it's full. Would you describe this as "over three-quarters full"? While that's technically correct, I wouldn't. I'd maybe describe a June 11-12 moon as "over three-quarters full" but I'd say a June 13-14 moon is "almost full". So we should up the probability that we're in a story/simulation/mirror.