Well it didn’t work before because getting scared and writing “DON’T MESS WITH TIME” was also a stable loop. If you read the description carefully, Harry broke his own protocol.
This is why I suggested adding the Imperius, memory charms and other powerful protection spells to ensure the protocol is followed. If Azathoth appears in the middle of the protocol anyway then the protection spells weren’t strong enough !
There’s still the danger that the most likely stable loop is one where somebody breaks your protection spells. You need the probability of that to be much less than the probability of guessing the correct answer A.
Just a general rule of thumb. The time loop is a powerful optimization process with outcomes that are not intuitive to humans. It’s analogous to invoking evolution. If ‘the world is destroyed by an asteroid’ is the only stable outcome, then it seems that’s what you’re going to get.
This doesn’t seem significantly different from the loop Harry already tried, that didn’t work. Don’t summon Azathoth.
Well it didn’t work before because getting scared and writing “DON’T MESS WITH TIME” was also a stable loop. If you read the description carefully, Harry broke his own protocol.
This is why I suggested adding the Imperius, memory charms and other powerful protection spells to ensure the protocol is followed. If Azathoth appears in the middle of the protocol anyway then the protection spells weren’t strong enough !
There’s still the danger that the most likely stable loop is one where somebody breaks your protection spells. You need the probability of that to be much less than the probability of guessing the correct answer A.
I’m not sure what you’re implying here. Is this just a general rule of thumb for rationalists?
Just a general rule of thumb. The time loop is a powerful optimization process with outcomes that are not intuitive to humans. It’s analogous to invoking evolution. If ‘the world is destroyed by an asteroid’ is the only stable outcome, then it seems that’s what you’re going to get.