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Peace Talks snippet on Entertainment Weekly
toodeep:
--- Quote from: Mira on January 27, 2020, 05:15:00 PM ---I doubt it, remember that is why he "borrowed back" Bob, because he needed him to break down
what Alfred was trying to explain to him. If being warden on the island meant he'd just know, he wouldn't have had to do that.
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That is a very strong argument. I had never thought of it before, and it really does weaken the idea of Intellectus if it can't provide complex information. It seems like Harry should have "just known" how the island was created. It would make for an amazing amount of knowledge about magic available to Harry when he is on the island, though it would be interesting because he wouldn't necessarily know the nuts and bolts "whys" of why things were done or how they worked because he would "just know" the results that got there.
Honestly, if he really cared, couldn't he just get exactly how many years ago merlin was on the island (each time) and for how long, etc?
noblehunter:
It could mean that intellectus just covers the present state of the island. That is, Harry knows where the wasp nest is now but not the location of the previous nest.
morriswalters:
Making any guesses about intellectus is not really a good game since it means exactly what Jim needs it to mean. So Alfred can speak English, which according to the book is part of his predefined vocabulary, but he was programmed by Merlin before modern English came about.
toodeep:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on January 27, 2020, 07:57:02 PM ---Making any guesses about intellectus is not really a good game since it means exactly what Jim needs it to mean. So Alfred can speak English, which according to the book is part of his predefined vocabulary, but he was programmed by Merlin before modern English came about.
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Good point. You could make the argument that as a genius loci that it is plugged into the zeitgeist of the land around it, and thus because the predominant language of the area is English that it can just know English. But by that argument he should know what twerking is, and that would just be wrong.
Mira:
--- Quote from: noblehunter on January 27, 2020, 06:00:51 PM ---It could mean that intellectus just covers the present state of the island. That is, Harry knows where the wasp nest is now but not the location of the previous nest.
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I think that is it in a nutshell. Yes, connection with the island tells Harry everything that is going on in that moment, but it cannot give a full run down of history. Alfred can tell him that but Harry has to be able to understand what Alfred is trying to tell him, Bob was needed to simplify.
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