Wizards seem to be overly skeptical of the information that they get from their magical detection spells, an analogue to what some muggle scientists call algorithm aversion. (As evidenced by the current confusion about Hermione’s nature, and the lack of response when the wards previously identified The Defense Professor as her killer.)
This means that scheming wizards who want their plots to go undiscovered don’t need to trick the magical detection spells, they just need to pursue strange enough plots so that other wizards won’t believe what the detection spells tell them. Which makes Voldemort’s creative uses of magic analogous to Dumbledore’s ploy of pretending to be crazy.
Wizards seem to be overly skeptical of the information that they get from their magical detection spells, an analogue to what some muggle scientists call algorithm aversion. (As evidenced by the current confusion about Hermione’s nature, and the lack of response when the wards previously identified The Defense Professor as her killer.)
When a magical detection spell says that a human is really a unicorn, is it likelier that the spell is accurate or that whatever Dark ritual fueled Hermione’s resurrection has residual effects that interfere with the usual function of said detection spell?
Wizards seem to be overly skeptical of the information that they get from their magical detection spells, an analogue to what some muggle scientists call algorithm aversion.
It’s not clear for the wizards what it’s supposed to mean that Hermoine is a unicorn.
Well they know unicorn blood is a magical means of prolonging life, so it should make them suspect it was involved in the ritual that brought her back, if nothing else.
Wizards seem to be overly skeptical of the information that they get from their magical detection spells, an analogue to what some muggle scientists call algorithm aversion. (As evidenced by the current confusion about Hermione’s nature, and the lack of response when the wards previously identified The Defense Professor as her killer.)
This means that scheming wizards who want their plots to go undiscovered don’t need to trick the magical detection spells, they just need to pursue strange enough plots so that other wizards won’t believe what the detection spells tell them. Which makes Voldemort’s creative uses of magic analogous to Dumbledore’s ploy of pretending to be crazy.
When a magical detection spell says that a human is really a unicorn, is it likelier that the spell is accurate or that whatever Dark ritual fueled Hermione’s resurrection has residual effects that interfere with the usual function of said detection spell?
It’s not clear for the wizards what it’s supposed to mean that Hermoine is a unicorn.
Well they know unicorn blood is a magical means of prolonging life, so it should make them suspect it was involved in the ritual that brought her back, if nothing else.