[HPforGrownups] Guarding the Stone

[Alina]

No: HPFGUIDX 119656

> Potions test - Yes, I know;  a lot of wizards couldn't do it, Harry
> being one of them. But you'll  also notice that it didn't stop
> Quirrell!Mort. Just what proportion of wizards constitutes 'a lot'
> anyway? Whatever it is, it still leaves a  significant number who do
> have more than an ounce of logic, so all it would do would be to filter
> out the air-heads.


I have always assumed that Voldemort figured out the potions puzzle
because he was muggle-raised, so he learned to think like a muggle
before learning to think like a wizard. So Hermione's comment about
how most wizards don't have the kind of logic it takes is still valid
to me.

Alina.