OotP Harry not a prefect & his Inner Voice

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 115093


Nora wrote :
"there's a further difference we might make, between assumptions from
given evidence and assumptions from silence.  Of course, it's not
provable that Harry is the ONLY one who can keep a cool head under
stress--but we've had positive evidence, in the text, of Harry's
abilities, while we haven't of the other characters under discussion."

Del replies :
I agree. Thus my conclusion would be :

Harry is not a bad student, he's got good leadership qualities, he can
keep his head cool under stress, so he was a good candidate for the
Prefect badge.

But I don't see that there's any way to jump from that conclusion to :

Harry was the best candidate for the Prefect badge.

Not without assuming a whole lot of things.

Del