OOP: Pensieve Objectivity (Was: ADMIN..) More
idlerat
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Sun Jun 29 23:09:44 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 65828
--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M. J. Pascual" <renimar at y...>
wrote:
>
> > - is the pensieve objective?
>
> It could be argued that it is "objective", in the sense that a
> third party going through the thoughts do not seem to be affected
> by the biases and prejudices of the wizard who put them in. We've
> seen Harry go through twice and experienced what Dumbledore, and
> later Snape, had seen and heard. Yet Harry is free to come to his
> own conclusions and form his own opinions on what he had seen.
>
> --Mark
I just want to add that I think this is a very wise point that I
haven't seen made in quite this way before.
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