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Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, Chapter 28: Reductionism

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This should again go without saying, but views expressed by Severus Snape are not necessarily those of the author. "Okay," Harry said, swallowing. "Okay, Hermione, it's enough, you can stop." The white sugar pill in front of Hermione still hadn't changed shape or color at all, even though she was concentrating harder than Harry had ever seen, her eyes squeezed shut, beads of sweat on her forehead, hand trembling as it gripped the wand - "Hermione, stop! It's not going to work, Hermione, I don't think we can make things that don't exist yet!" Slowly, Hermione's hand relaxed its grasp on the wand. "I thought I felt it," she said in a bare whisper. "I thought I felt it start to Transfigure, just for a second." There was a lump in Harry's throat. "You were probably imagining it. Hoping too hard." "I probably was," she said. She looked like she wanted to cry. Slowly, Harry took his mechanical pencil in his hand, and reached over to the sheet of paper with all the items crossed out, and drew

Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, Chapter 28: Reductionism Contents Author&#8217;s Notes Science Fan Art More Info Center for Applied Rationality Update Notifications Email Address << Prev Home Chapter 1: A Day of Very Low Probability Chapter 2: Everything I Believe Is False Chapter 3: Comparing Reality To Its Alternatives Chapter 4: The Efficient Market Hypothesis Chapter 5: The Fundamental Attribution Error Chapter 6: The Planning Fallacy Chapter 7: Reciprocation Chapter 8: Positive Bias Chapter 9: Title Redacted, Part I Chapter 10: Self Awareness, Part II Chapter 11: Omake Files

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