The GPT-3 vibes are getting stronger. I don’t entirely see the story significance of the second and third part of this chapter.
I guess… Luna needed a place covered by the Fidelius Charm to protect herself from Rowena’s Basilisk (like in the Antimemetics Division) while using her mother’s astrolabe, and for some reason the one such place anyone in the story knew about was in China?
On a separate note:
“I solemnly swear I am up to no good.”
This was an amusing part of canon Harry Potter, but in the Less Wrong / HPMoR meme space, I find this oath very unsettling. It’s like the antithesis of Harry’s Unbreakable Vow not to destroy the world. And using the Marauder’s Map this time indeed results in a terrible misunderstanding.
Side notes:
a) According to Eliezer, the Fidelius Charm was immediately used in 683 CE to hide the charm itself and therefore doesn’t show up in HPMoR-verse. So this chapter doesn’t seem consistent with HPMoR-canon—Luna certainly couldn’t mention the Charm unprompted. Which is fine, though does have to be pointed out, since the HPMoR story couldn’t have happened the way it did if the ridiculously overpowered Fidelius Charm existed and was still available in modern times.
b) Regarding the astrolabe: It may not necessarily violate the time travel restrictions in HPMoR, but doesn’t it violate or circumvent the Interdict of Merlin, as it would allow its user to spy on powerful wizards of the past? I suppose the Interdict could still kick in and blur the representation in the astrolabe.
b) As I recall, the Interdict demands that powerful magics be transmitted directly from one living mind to another. That would not be the possible when one is spying on the past.
Spoilers for HPMoR (though I guess that’s a given at this point):
c) how does she miss the fact that the map shows two Tom Riddle’s walking down the passage way to the graveyard? That should not be easy to miss.
It says “it was tangled and confused”, but it would still show the name twice, and if she can read the one, it stands to reason she could read the other. Especially since we have precedent from HPMoR of both being in the same room without the map being confused.
The GPT-3 vibes are getting stronger. I don’t entirely see the story significance of the second and third part of this chapter.
I guess… Luna needed a place covered by the Fidelius Charm to protect herself from Rowena’s Basilisk (like in the Antimemetics Division) while using her mother’s astrolabe, and for some reason the one such place anyone in the story knew about was in China?
On a separate note:
This was an amusing part of canon Harry Potter, but in the Less Wrong / HPMoR meme space, I find this oath very unsettling. It’s like the antithesis of Harry’s Unbreakable Vow not to destroy the world. And using the Marauder’s Map this time indeed results in a terrible misunderstanding.
Side notes:
a) According to Eliezer, the Fidelius Charm was immediately used in 683 CE to hide the charm itself and therefore doesn’t show up in HPMoR-verse. So this chapter doesn’t seem consistent with HPMoR-canon—Luna certainly couldn’t mention the Charm unprompted. Which is fine, though does have to be pointed out, since the HPMoR story couldn’t have happened the way it did if the ridiculously overpowered Fidelius Charm existed and was still available in modern times.
b) Regarding the astrolabe: It may not necessarily violate the time travel restrictions in HPMoR, but doesn’t it violate or circumvent the Interdict of Merlin, as it would allow its user to spy on powerful wizards of the past? I suppose the Interdict could still kick in and blur the representation in the astrolabe.
b) As I recall, the Interdict demands that powerful magics be transmitted directly from one living mind to another. That would not be the possible when one is spying on the past.
Spoilers for HPMoR (though I guess that’s a given at this point):
c) how does she miss the fact that the map shows two Tom Riddle’s walking down the passage way to the graveyard? That should not be easy to miss. It says “it was tangled and confused”, but it would still show the name twice, and if she can read the one, it stands to reason she could read the other. Especially since we have precedent from HPMoR of both being in the same room without the map being confused.