[Question] [HPMOR] Harry—example or anti-example?

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/o6vCdfNHoFkSNAjvN/hpmor-harry-example-or-anti-example

There is one thing that really striked me after reading HPMOR, it’s a certain pattern of events that repeats many times.

  1. Harry gets into grave trouble due to his self-assurance and indiscretion
  2. The author saves Harry using deus ex machina And this makes me wonder—was Harry intentionally shown as an anti-example of rationality, or it just happened this way?

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Chapter 122, paragraph beginning with "And right now, Harry James Potter-Evans-Verres was still a walking catastrophe"… and the stuff immediately preceding and following it. Seems like a pretty direct answer to your question.

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https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/o6vCdfNHoFkSNAjvN/hpmor-harry-example-or-anti-example?commentId=3wt6fJ7HS8uDkZnLc

Yes, but wasn’t he supposed to learn on his mistakes rather than rely on miracles to save him?

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That’s what the end of the book is about.

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The end of the book looks like Harry’s worst case of self-assurance and indiscretion to me.