I’d like to flag a few points—even though this was the most amazing reading I’ve had in a long time:
Trivial point first: If wizards typically live to 150+ years, Lords of Ancient Houses such as Malfoy should typically be the great-grandfathers of Draco/Vincent/Gregory, instead of their fathers’ generation. Peak age of wizards seem to be 100+ (Albus, Alastor and Amelia), not ~50
The question of what is death and soul wasn’t answered. I thought death is the final enemy here, and even though it’s not defeated yet, I hoped EY would lay out a fundamental theory on how Harry will tackle death, rather than simply relying on Philosopher’s Stone. So how Hermione was revived, how horcruxes work etc. were not clear and I really want to know what’s EY’s take on these questions
Lastly but disputably, is Fear of Death one of EY’s egocentric biases? Death has driven evolution and shaped all life forms to date, so while it’s understandable for our hero & heroine to seek immortality, is it rational to get rid of death in humanity for good? I also find this hint of bias in other works/comments from EY but I’ll read more before saying anything further
Nevertheless, thank you, Eliezer, for this wonderful work. I’ll be enthusiastically sharing it with others.
I’d like to flag a few points—even though this was the most amazing reading I’ve had in a long time:
Trivial point first: If wizards typically live to 150+ years, Lords of Ancient Houses such as Malfoy should typically be the great-grandfathers of Draco/Vincent/Gregory, instead of their fathers’ generation. Peak age of wizards seem to be 100+ (Albus, Alastor and Amelia), not ~50
The question of what is death and soul wasn’t answered. I thought death is the final enemy here, and even though it’s not defeated yet, I hoped EY would lay out a fundamental theory on how Harry will tackle death, rather than simply relying on Philosopher’s Stone. So how Hermione was revived, how horcruxes work etc. were not clear and I really want to know what’s EY’s take on these questions
Lastly but disputably, is Fear of Death one of EY’s egocentric biases? Death has driven evolution and shaped all life forms to date, so while it’s understandable for our hero & heroine to seek immortality, is it rational to get rid of death in humanity for good? I also find this hint of bias in other works/comments from EY but I’ll read more before saying anything further
Nevertheless, thank you, Eliezer, for this wonderful work. I’ll be enthusiastically sharing it with others.