Timeline for Are there spells for learning things in Potterverse?
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| Jun 10, 2015 at 14:00 | answer | added | fgysin | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 11, 2014 at 12:27 | comment | added | b_jonas | @Arachno-Sapien: it's possible, we don't know. See scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/24803 | |
| Feb 11, 2014 at 8:41 | answer | added | Stark07 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Feb 6, 2014 at 10:38 | comment | added | Arachno-Sapien | Could "knowledge" be one of the five Exceptions of Golpalott's Law of Elemental Transfiguration? Or maybe an Exception in some other magical law, since mental manipulation may not come under the heading of Transfiguration? Maybe Charms ... or Potions ... | |
| Jan 12, 2014 at 23:09 | comment | added | DalekLuna | Perhaps you could use the same memory modification Hermione used? | |
| Dec 22, 2013 at 19:47 | comment | added | Zoredache | We know during the OWL test that methods were employed to prevent cheating. Perhaps any learning charm would be seen as cheating and defeated. | |
| Dec 20, 2013 at 23:59 | comment | added | Izkata | @KHW Suddenly knowing how to do stuff doesn't mean you'll use the right thing at the right time. I'd say the focus of Hogwarts would just shift slightly. It's like the difference between knowledge and wisdom. | |
| Dec 20, 2013 at 23:51 | comment | added | K-H-W | My best guess (but no canon to back it up) is that self-referential spells and/or Meta-magic spells aren't part of the universe. I.e., there are no spells that boost your other spells, nor upgrade other spell effects, no work on the spell itself (i.e. logic loop in a spell.) That being said, Felix can certainly upgrade your personal abilities for a period, so I could easily see some kind of 'Brain Juice' potion that basically increases your brain function and learning ability... Of course, Out of Universe... It would eliminate most the point of Hogwarts :) | |
| Dec 20, 2013 at 13:00 | history | edited | DVK-on-Ahch-To | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Dec 20, 2013 at 12:59 | comment | added | DVK-on-Ahch-To | @JohnRennie - I'm interested in in-universe answers, mostly. Yes, "this would make the book less interesting" is an obvious guess I agree with :) | |
| Dec 20, 2013 at 10:33 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackSciFi/status/413980392623190016 | ||
| Dec 20, 2013 at 9:22 | comment | added | John Rennie | Wouldn't that be a fairly destructive plot device? "Eat this and learn how to kill Voldemort" (obviously I exaggerate for effect). | |
| Dec 20, 2013 at 6:27 | history | asked | DVK-on-Ahch-To | CC BY-SA 3.0 |