As I understand the situation, there is at the moment no official statement that the author endorses regarding the Quirrell/Voldemort equivalence. (I might be wrong about this; I haven’t been keeping track.) But, for example, their equivalence in canon is an example of an extra-textual source that contributes to that confidence.
Ryvrmre npghnyyl vffhrq n Jbeq bs Tbq (JNEAVAT: GIGebcrf) ba gur znggre va bar bs uvf rneyl nhgube abgrf nsgre abgvat gung znal bs uvf ernqref jrer choyvpyl jbaqrevat nobhg gur vffhr, ohg gura ur tbg n pbhcyr bs erivrjf gung pbaivaprq uvz gb yrg gur zlfgrel fgnaq. Lbh pna fgvyy svaq gur abgr ba NqryrarQnjare’f nepuvir (gur bar yvaxrq gb va gur bcravat cbfg). Whfg tb gb gur frnepu one naq ybbx sbe gur jbeq “ubyl”. Ubjrire, n ybg bs crbcyr jub unir ernq gur cebpynzngvba nccneragyl pbafvqre vg gb or n uhtr fcbvyre, fb ernq vg ng lbhe bja evfx.
Be ner lbh abg grpuavpnyyl ylvat ol fnlvat “ab bssvpvny fgngrzrag gung gur nhgube raqbefrf”?
Do you have inside info from the Mr Less Wrong himself?
As I understand the situation, there is at the moment no official statement that the author endorses regarding the Quirrell/Voldemort equivalence. (I might be wrong about this; I haven’t been keeping track.) But, for example, their equivalence in canon is an example of an extra-textual source that contributes to that confidence.
Ryvrmre npghnyyl vffhrq n Jbeq bs Tbq (JNEAVAT: GIGebcrf) ba gur znggre va bar bs uvf rneyl nhgube abgrf nsgre abgvat gung znal bs uvf ernqref jrer choyvpyl jbaqrevat nobhg gur vffhr, ohg gura ur tbg n pbhcyr bs erivrjf gung pbaivaprq uvz gb yrg gur zlfgrel fgnaq. Lbh pna fgvyy svaq gur abgr ba NqryrarQnjare’f nepuvir (gur bar yvaxrq gb va gur bcravat cbfg). Whfg tb gb gur frnepu one naq ybbx sbe gur jbeq “ubyl”. Ubjrire, n ybg bs crbcyr jub unir ernq gur cebpynzngvba nccneragyl pbafvqre vg gb or n uhtr fcbvyre, fb ernq vg ng lbhe bja evfx.
Be ner lbh abg grpuavpnyyl ylvat ol fnlvat “ab bssvpvny fgngrzrag gung gur nhgube raqbefrf”?
Vg’f abg raqbefrq va gur frafr gung gur nhgube abj nterrf vg’f na haarprffnel fcbvyre naq crbcyr fubhyqa’g tb fcbvyvat vg.