Hpmor Quotes

“Someday," said the Boy-Who-Lived, "when the distant descendants of Homo sapiens are looking back over the history of the galaxy and wondering how it all went so wrong, they will conclude that the original mistake was when someone taught Hermione Granger how to read.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“It wasn't cheating, but it was Science, which was almost as good.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“What happened to me personally is only anecdotal evidence," Harry explained. "It doesn't carry the same weight as a replicated, peer-reviewed journal article about a controlled study with random assignment, many subjects, large effect sizes and strong statistical significance.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“Non est salvatori salvator,
neque defensori dominus,
nec pater nec mater,
nihil supernum.”
― Godric Gryffindor

“It's not paranoia if they really are out to get you," Harry recited the proverb.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“Harry's brain still felt broken. "He was trying to kill me."

"Oh, for Merlin's sake - yes, he was trying to kill you. Get used to it. Only boring people never have that experience.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“Because I still would've been surrounded by idiots, and I wouldn't have been able to kill them," Professor Quirrell said mildly. "Killing idiots is my great joy in life, and I'll thank you not to speak ill of it until you've tried it for yourself.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

“Minerva firmly believed that you only ought to worry about Time if you were a clock.”
― Eliezer Yudkowsky, Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality