I just realized that Harry was probably abused almost every night (or day) for some significant period. There was a time turner involved, and that’s why his sleep cycle is off.
Woah.
I don’t even care if it’s wrong, that’s brilliant.
It’s come up several times before. I believe the usual counterobjection is something like ‘that if Harry is being kept up 6 hours later by a Timeturner in order to be abused, then he would fall asleep earlier and have an 18-hour cycle, not the opposite direction’.
Well, covering up child abuse with a Timeturner seems like Eliezer ‘you know what’s a good abuse of Obliviation? covering up rape’ Yudkowsky’s style; it’s just the adaptation that is extremely implausible since sleep cycles don’t work that way.
Woah.
I don’t even care if it’s wrong, that’s brilliant.
It’s come up several times before. I believe the usual counterobjection is something like ‘that if Harry is being kept up 6 hours later by a Timeturner in order to be abused, then he would fall asleep earlier and have an 18-hour cycle, not the opposite direction’.
Ah, but if he adapted, and the abuse stopped, then he would end up with a longer cycle. I think that’s the idea, anyway.
I seriously doubt that’s actually what happened though; not EY’s style, somehow.
Well, covering up child abuse with a Timeturner seems like Eliezer ‘you know what’s a good abuse of Obliviation? covering up rape’ Yudkowsky’s style; it’s just the adaptation that is extremely implausible since sleep cycles don’t work that way.