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Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (11) - Draco looked at the pictures of constellations, and wondered if it was like this in the other Houses, if people were always threatening each other in Ravenclaw. Harry Potter had told him once that soldiers on a battlefield didn't really fight for ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (10) - "Oh, stop it," said Draco Malfoy, making his voice sound bored despite the sweat that had broken out underneath his robes, as he kept his wand pointed at the barrier that was sheltering Millicent Bulstrode. He couldn't remember making the decision, ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (9) - "I don't?" said Professor Quirrell. "How would you know?" "On the other hand," the Potions Master continued, voice still soft, "my friends enjoy many advantages." The man leaning against the grey bark raised his eyebrows. "Such as?" "There is much ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (8) - (Some time later, an earlier version of Harry, who had invisibly waited next to the gargoyles since 9PM, followed the Deputy Headmistress through the opening that parted for her, stood quietly behind her on the turning stairs until they came to the ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (7) - "That too is not an answer," the old wizard said; his face showed nothing of his hurt, he had long practice in concealing pain. "Refusing to accept something does not change it. I wonder now if you are simply too young to understand this matter, ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (6) - "The children will survive," the old wizard said with tired old eyes. "They would not survive Voldemort. Have you wondered why the children of Hogwarts do not speak much of their parents, Harry? It is because there is always, within earshot, someone ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (5) - "There was a Muggle once named Mohandas Gandhi," Harry said to the floor. "He thought the government of Muggle Britain shouldn't rule over his country. And he refused to fight. He convinced his whole country not to fight. Instead he told his people ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (4) - Albus Dumbledore turned and regarded Harry, the deep blue eyes set like steel in his brow, but his voice, when he spoke, was calm. "It seems to me that you know nothing of the phoenix's price," Albus Dumbledore said quietly. "It seems to me that you ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (3) - The boy smiled, now with a touch of coldness again. "Okay, I'll figure out some way to set it up so that it looks like Lord Jugson betrayed his own side." "Harry -" "Obstacles mean you get creative, Headmaster. It doesn't mean you abandon the ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (2) - The boy advanced further into the room, his head tilting back further to look up at the half-moon glasses; and somehow it was like the boy was looking down at the Headmaster, rather than up. "So this Lord Jugson is a Death Eater?" the boy said ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances (1) - Chapter 76: Self Actualization, Aftermaths: Surface Appearances Aftermath: Albus Dumbledore and - The old wizard sat alone at his desk, in the unsilence of the Headmaster's office, amid the innumerable and unnoticed devices; his robes a ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 75: Self Actualization, Part 10: Responsibility (9) - It broke further when Professor Snape gave her two weeks detention for the crime of violence in school, sneering with the contemptuous face he'd shown them all on the first day of Potions, and with a little twist in the corner of his smile that said ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 75: Self Actualization, Part 10: Responsibility (8) - Hermione didn't say anything to that, but she was thinking back to something Godric Gryffindor had written near the end of his very short autobiography. Briefly and without any explanation, because the scroll had been meant to be copied by hand, ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 75: Self Actualization, Part 10: Responsibility (7) - Harry sighed. "This is exactly where I didn't want things to end up, and here we are. You're afraid of just the same thing I am, aren't you? Afraid that if you let go of the steering wheel, we'll crash." The corners of his lips twisted, but it ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 75: Self Actualization, Part 10: Responsibility (6) - But Harry just shook his head. "That's not the responsible thing to do, Hermione. It's what someone playing the role of a responsible girl would do. Yes, I thought of going to Professor McGonagall. But she would've only stopped the disaster once. ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 75: Self Actualization, Part 10: Responsibility (5) - "I am sorry," Harry said with what sounded like genuine regret. "I thought you'd realize it was me." "And the reason we all got scared like that, Mr. Potter, was that you didn't ask first!" Despite her intentions, Hermione found her voice was rising ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 75: Self Actualization, Part 10: Responsibility (4) - "I don't even know a name for this kind of fallacious reasoning," said Harry Potter. The boy was walking normally, which meant he often had to skip forward a few steps to match her own indignation-fueled speed. "I seriously think if it was up to ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 75: Self Actualization, Part 10: Responsibility (3) - "Oh," said the third-year girl, "I was thinking of that really romantic one where there's this very nice, sweet boy who makes a Floo call, only he mispronounces his destination and stumbles out into this room full of Dark Wizards who are performing ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 75: Self Actualization, Part 10: Responsibility (2) - If you thought they'd be sitting next to each other at dinnertime, after that, you'd be quite mistaken. "What does she want from me?" came the plaintive cry of a boy who, for all his extensive reading in the scientific literature, was still a bit ...

Today`s fragment to read: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality - Chapter 75: Self Actualization, Part 10: Responsibility (1) - Chapter 75: Self Actualization, Part 10: Responsibility It was a looping, meandering alley in the midst of Hogwarts, wandering like a stray lock of hair; sometimes crossing itself, it seemed, but you couldn't ever get to the end if you gave ...