Fan Girl Sighting

So, I’m 25. My age puts me firmly in the Harry Potter generation. I use Harry Potter references to describe myself: I’m a Hufflepuff with a touch of Slytherin, I explain when people ask me why I do the things I do. I surround myself with fellow Potter-heads; I identify with characters; I compare real-world events to the books like, well, they’re real (but let’s be real – Trump is a total Umbridge, amirite?).

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Diversions: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality

The internet has allowed fan fiction to spread like wildfire, nothing you know and love is safe. Including Harry Potter. So what would happen if the beloved Harry Potter was in fact Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres, a highly rational child prodigy who applies the scientific method to everything he meets in the wizarding world? Well then you get Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality, where magic is just a word, and scientific experimentation is everything.

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