[HPforGrownups] Various, inc. other uses for the Sorting Hat

[Yis M Koslowitz]

No: HPFGUIDX 24286

Tabouli wrote:
>The other thing I've been musing on in none other than that ol' Sorting
Hat.  "There's >nothing hidden in your head the Sorting Hat can't see",
eh?  Does this mean that  >you could get a complete rundown on a person's
thoughts and intentions simply by  >slapping the Hat on them?  Is the Hat
bound to a code of secrecy, or is it prepared  >to talk about what it
sees in people's heads to other people, e.g. Dumbledore?  >Hey,  why
bother with Veritaserum when he could just try the hat on every new >DADA
 teacher that walks through the door?

Maybe it's just good at detecting basic personality types - a Gryffindor
type, a Hufflepuff type. We know that just reading Hermione's thoughts
would probably place her right in Ravenclaw and Neville would place him
in Hufflepuff. But the Sorting Hat was able to read into their
PERSONALITIES, not thoughts, and place them into Gryffindor. 
We know that Harry had a mental dialogue with the hat, but we hear it
diagnosing his personality more than his thoughts. It sure beats Rorshach
blots!

Robyn - who is still choosing a quote and wants to use them all!