come to think of it, it might not be a full-blown limitation…
But “time does not like being stretched”. Even if it IS possible to squeeze one extra hour in by using a second time turner, it’s not a good idea. (side effects may include insanity, extremely-rapid aging (more so than living 8 extra hours in a day would lead you to expect), and dizziness.)
Ok, I went and found Where the quote came from. chapter 17...
“Because it’s pretty impressive if you’re doing all that on just thirty hours a day.”
There was another slight pause, [snip]
“I’m afraid Time doesn’t like being stretched out too much”
I think this is more a case of Dumbledore using anthropic shorthand than actual anthropic reasoning. He seems to have...(ooh, here’s a randomish theory: Dumbledore accidentally(?) performed a ritual that sacrificed a few pieces of his overall sanity in order to protect himself against dangerous time-travel related phenomena..)
Now where was I?...
Oh yeah. So that very much looks like extra time-clones MIGHT be possible with standard time-turners, but it is NOT a good idea.
Now, the Big Time Turner in the ministry (The one which had the ever hatching/un-hatching egg) probably COULD give you time-clone armies, laser-guided peggy-sues, and possibly even “change time” (whatever that means), but it is probably even more dangerous to use-you’d basically have to create your own reference frame, or else understand the real rules of Time.
But...maybe, just maybe: The BTT+philosophers stone+resurrection stone...
come to think of it, it might not be a full-blown limitation… But “time does not like being stretched”. Even if it IS possible to squeeze one extra hour in by using a second time turner, it’s not a good idea. (side effects may include insanity, extremely-rapid aging (more so than living 8 extra hours in a day would lead you to expect), and dizziness.)
If time is anthopic enough to like things in a literal sense, it can be bargained with. That might be the principle of operation of the time-turners.
If time can be bargained with, a rationalist who embraces a decision theory that one-boxes when the boxes are transparent has a lot of leverage.
Ok, I went and found Where the quote came from. chapter 17...
“Because it’s pretty impressive if you’re doing all that on just thirty hours a day.” There was another slight pause, [snip] “I’m afraid Time doesn’t like being stretched out too much”
I think this is more a case of Dumbledore using anthropic shorthand than actual anthropic reasoning. He seems to have...(ooh, here’s a randomish theory: Dumbledore accidentally(?) performed a ritual that sacrificed a few pieces of his overall sanity in order to protect himself against dangerous time-travel related phenomena..)
Now where was I?...
Oh yeah. So that very much looks like extra time-clones MIGHT be possible with standard time-turners, but it is NOT a good idea.
Now, the Big Time Turner in the ministry (The one which had the ever hatching/un-hatching egg) probably COULD give you time-clone armies, laser-guided peggy-sues, and possibly even “change time” (whatever that means), but it is probably even more dangerous to use-you’d basically have to create your own reference frame, or else understand the real rules of Time.
But...maybe, just maybe: The BTT+philosophers stone+resurrection stone...