I assume he means: we are not in a position to have any confidence that a particular proposed magical solution is actually a credible one, at least from what we know that’s internal to the story. (External things like what’s been most clearly foreshadowed might give good reason for confidence.)
That’s exactly what I mean. We don’t know enough about magic to say what Harry or Voldemort’s capabilities are—the whole thing is a black box. It’s not a satisfying answer to the puzzle (for me) and not much of a testimony to “rationality” as a way of thinking at all—as presented this is about knowing genre conventions, not about superior or inferior thinking. All of the AI Box solutions I saw were much more pro-”rationality” by my lights.
I assume he means: we are not in a position to have any confidence that a particular proposed magical solution is actually a credible one, at least from what we know that’s internal to the story. (External things like what’s been most clearly foreshadowed might give good reason for confidence.)
That’s exactly what I mean. We don’t know enough about magic to say what Harry or Voldemort’s capabilities are—the whole thing is a black box. It’s not a satisfying answer to the puzzle (for me) and not much of a testimony to “rationality” as a way of thinking at all—as presented this is about knowing genre conventions, not about superior or inferior thinking. All of the AI Box solutions I saw were much more pro-”rationality” by my lights.