He was trying to create a stable time loop, which had consequences along the same lines as the Outcome Pump—there’s no way to know which stable time loop you’ll get.
However, if he was using a “being the kind of person” strategy, we might expect he’d avoid being the sort of person who would pass along “DO NOT MESS WITH TIME”.
Yes, to repeat what I said earlier, this seems easy to avoid by replacing his “blank paper” condition with a more general “anything other than a pair of numbers in the given range” condition. I have to suppose Eliezer had him get that specific message because it wouldn’t be good for the story if Harry noticed this fact. Though even if he does take that approach, as with the outcome pump, there’s still other possibilities, because they can screw with Harry’s ability to execute his intended algorithm.
Though even if he does take that approach, as with the outcome pump, there’s still other possibilities, because they can screw with Harry’s ability to execute his intended algorithm.
Yes, like it turning out that he was predetermined to die at the time of the experiment, and never complete it.
He did the same thing every time he used the time turner. I mean every time, even the times when he was being a good boy and using it to manage sleep. the universe doesn’t care whether it is a conversation with McGonnagal, juggling bullies and pies, someone falling off the roof or just bed time.
What does matter to the universe is whether the agent in the time loop is interacting with the time loop in a way that is complex and improbable. That is, factoring large primes should give unpredictable outcomes, long detailed tricks like throwing pies and playing with bullies should be slightly safer, giving yourself a time out simpler again and pre-sheduled study and sleep breaks right down at the bottom of the scale.
I argue that all the instance of time turner differ use differ only in degree. There are many things to do with a time turner that are far, far less disruptive, complex or unstable than what Hermione did when attending multiple classes. Given her interaction with other people who would be encountering her other self there are butterfly effects that would need to be resolved by the system. If Harry set up a smart system to communicate with himself unobtrusively things may be simpler to predict. He could send himself SMS messages (when outside Hogwarts) or use one of those coins to send messages.
What does matter to the universe is whether the agent in the time loop is interacting with the time loop in a way that is complex and improbable. That is, factoring large primes should give unpredictable outcomes, long detailed tricks like throwing pies and playing with bullies should be slightly safer, giving yourself a time out simpler again and pre-scheduled study and sleep breaks right down at the bottom of the scale.
Harry tried “being the kind of person who would make a certain decision” when using the Time Turner. The result was DO NOT MESS WITH TIME.
He was trying to create a stable time loop, which had consequences along the same lines as the Outcome Pump—there’s no way to know which stable time loop you’ll get.
However, if he was using a “being the kind of person” strategy, we might expect he’d avoid being the sort of person who would pass along “DO NOT MESS WITH TIME”.
Yes, to repeat what I said earlier, this seems easy to avoid by replacing his “blank paper” condition with a more general “anything other than a pair of numbers in the given range” condition. I have to suppose Eliezer had him get that specific message because it wouldn’t be good for the story if Harry noticed this fact. Though even if he does take that approach, as with the outcome pump, there’s still other possibilities, because they can screw with Harry’s ability to execute his intended algorithm.
Yes, like it turning out that he was predetermined to die at the time of the experiment, and never complete it.
He did the same thing every time he used the time turner. I mean every time, even the times when he was being a good boy and using it to manage sleep. the universe doesn’t care whether it is a conversation with McGonnagal, juggling bullies and pies, someone falling off the roof or just bed time.
What does matter to the universe is whether the agent in the time loop is interacting with the time loop in a way that is complex and improbable. That is, factoring large primes should give unpredictable outcomes, long detailed tricks like throwing pies and playing with bullies should be slightly safer, giving yourself a time out simpler again and pre-sheduled study and sleep breaks right down at the bottom of the scale.
I argue that all the instance of time turner differ use differ only in degree. There are many things to do with a time turner that are far, far less disruptive, complex or unstable than what Hermione did when attending multiple classes. Given her interaction with other people who would be encountering her other self there are butterfly effects that would need to be resolved by the system. If Harry set up a smart system to communicate with himself unobtrusively things may be simpler to predict. He could send himself SMS messages (when outside Hogwarts) or use one of those coins to send messages.
This “scale” sounds extremely anthropomorphic.
An artifact of human language. The easiest way to describe most things (right down to basic forces) tends to be anthropomorphic.