Names in goblet

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 59683

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jdr0918" <jdr0918 at h...> wrote:
> >> bboy_mn:  The Goblet was 'hoodwinked' into believing there was a 
forth school. ... it was an un-named school. The Goblet believed there
was a forth school, and Harry bacame that champion by default.>>


> 
> The Sergeant Majorette says:
> ... it is merely a plot hole; namely, how dumb does a magic 
> object have to be to be fooled into thinking there could be a 
> *fourth" entrant in a *tri*-wizard tournament?
> --JDR

bboy_mn:

I don't see it as that hard. While the Goblet does have some
intelligence, there is nothing to suggest that any magical object, the
Sorting Hat, the 'living' paintings, the Goblet, whatever, has the
full congnitive, analytical, rational, reasoning thought processes of
a human being. 

The Goblet's job, for purposes of illustration, is to pick the most
able and qualified champion from among the list of candidates from
EACH school whether it is 3 schools or 10 schools. I think picking the
champion from the candidates is where most of the Goblet intelligence
lies, not in evealuating the proper number of schools. It possible
that the 'hoodwinking' was as simple as creating another school name;
a school named ".". Harry's name was entered as "Harry Potter .",
where "Harry Potter" is the candidate and "." is the school. 

I certainly can't say that this it true, and Moody's statements in the
chamber behind the Great Hall would seem to imply it was a little more
difficult than I make it out. But at the same time, I still say that
the bulk of the Goblet's intelligence is in evaluating the candidates.

It probably never occurred to anyone that there would be more than 3
school, so that wasn't a point of security when designing the Goblet.
Or as an alternative approach, it's possible that the Goblet designers
considered the possibility that at some point in the future there
would be more than 3 major schools of magic in Europe, and that they
may indeed at some point need to add one or more schools to the list.
So, again, they didn't think to make this aspect a very secure point.

I certainly can't say that this it true, but I am not searching for
truth, I am searching for a LIKELY explaination.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn