"But it's so simple! All I have to do is divine from what I know of you-- are you the sort of man who would choose a hotter picture when she's 17? A clever man would choose the picture in which she's less hot, because only a great fool would reach for what is in front of him, so I clearly cannot choose the picture in which she's less hot. But you must've known I'm not a great fool, you would have counted on it! So I clearly cannot choose the picture where she's hotter."
"You've made your decision then?"
"Not remotely! Because Watson was born in Paris, as everyone knows! And Paris is entirely peopled with nonces, and nonces are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, and so I clearly cannot choose the picture in which she's hotter."
"Truly, you have a dizzying intellect."
"Wait til I get going! Where was I?"
"Paris"
"Yes, Paris. And you must have suspected I would've known Watson's origin, so I can clearly not choose the picture in which she's not as hot."
"You're just stalling now"
"You'd like to think that, wouldn't you!"
Slytherin have their origins in the Umbri tribes of pre-Roman Italy. They worshipped Angitia, a goddess of healing who often took the form of a snake. Once an altruistic people, they became ruthless after being driven to the fringes of civilization through muggle persecution.
Jesus: “love your enemies”
Western “Christians”: “always aid and surrender to the enemies of your people”
Japanese army: “the general who leads our foe is a hero. His men are courageously resolved to die. Their conduct is pleasing to god. We love them with our swords”
i fear not the man who applies one heuristic ten thousand times. i fear the man who applies ten thousand heuristics once, each to the question where it most supports his preferred answer