harry potter and the methods of rationality book

Though Hermione and Harry initially fail, Harry recognizes Dementors as shadows of death. Quirrell starts a program involving 'student armies' with Harry, Draco, and Hermione as first-year generals.Īfter winter break, Hogwarts procures a Dementor to teach students the Patronus charm. By testing timeless physics, Harry invents partial Transfiguration, a magical technique to transform parts of wholes. As school begins, Harry feels patronized by McGonagall and Headmaster Dumbledore, bonds with Professor Quirrell, and tests magic through the scientific method with Draco and Hermione. Harry talks to it and almost goes to Slytherin, yet ultimately enters Ravenclaw. Harry also befriends Hermione Granger over their scientific inclinations.Īt Hogwarts, the Sorting Hat sends Hermione to Ravenclaw and Draco to Slytherin.

When boarding the Hogwarts Express, circumstances make Harry befriend Draco Malfoy over Ron Weasley. Harry becomes irritated over wizarding society's inconsistencies and backwardness. When Harry turns 11, Petunia and Professor McGonagall inform him and Michael about the wizarding world and Harry's defeat of Lord Voldemort. They adopt Harry Potter as Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres, with him and Michael unaware of his heritage, and homeschool him in science and rationality. In this fan fiction's alternate universe to the Harry Potter series, Lily Potter magically made Petunia Evans prettier, letting her abandon Vernon Dursley and marry Oxford professor Michael Verres. HPMOR has inspired other works of fan fiction, art, and poetry. As such, Harry 'enters the wizarding world armed with Enlightenment ideals and the experimental spirit.' The fan fiction spans one year, covering Harry's first year in Hogwarts. His reimagining supposes that Harry's aunt Petunia Evans married an Oxford professor and homeschooled Harry in science and rational thinking.

Yudkowsky wrote HPMOR to promote rationality skills he advocates on his community blog LessWrong.

Yudkowsky published HPMOR as a serial from Febru to March 14, 2015, totaling 122 chapters and about 660,000 words. It adapts the story of Harry Potter to explain complex concepts in cognitive science, philosophy, and the scientific method. Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality ( HPMOR) is a Harry Potter fan fiction by Eliezer Yudkowsky, published on FanFiction.Net.

Harry potter and the methods of rationality book