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Reluctance: The Weighing of the Wands (Book 4, Chapter 18)

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

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Are They Cheating?

"The one is the most important thing for a wizard. It's a British wand maker who is assessing these wands that has to feel unsettling," he says. "Instead of having like all of Andrew B, the person who assesses the wands, bring the local wand makers from all places." If someone has a substandard wand, subsidize them getting a really well-made wand,. there's money for this, right?

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Speaker 3
Presumably also to assess like, are they cheating somehow? Is this a fair wand or whatever?
Speaker 4
So, you know, I went to Notre Dame for college. We care about football at Notre Dame or traditionally do. One of the things about Notre Dame football is that we are
Speaker 1
independent. We don't belong to a conference and college referees are hired by conferences. So even when we play at home, the team we're playing, they bring their conference rest to our stadium
Speaker 3
to ref the game. And of course, you know, Notre Dame fans feel like it's unfair all the time because we don't have our own refs. But you know, you could see like this is analogous to what's going on with the all of Vander like the one is the most important thing for a wizard. It's a British wand maker who is assessing these wands that has to feel unsettling to the other folks. But the thing that worries me about the solution of like a standard wand made by someone who's from a like a neutral, uninvolved territory or whatever is we've heard so many times that so much of the success of one's wizardry has to do with the relationship between the wizard and the wand. Right. So I think what they should do, especially because like this is a huge international thing. Clearly it's in the papers. Like people care about this. There's money behind it. There's ministry behind it. Like
Speaker 1
give everybody great wands. Right. Like instead of having like all of Andrew B, the person who assesses the wands, bring the local wand makers from all places. If someone has a substandard wand, subsidize them getting a really well-made wand that they can use in the competition, there's money for this, right? Just like in the NCAA or in professional sports, there's money to make sure they have the right equipment and they, every person has a wand. They feel confidence using and fits them and was crafted by a craftsman they trust and who understands how they approach
Speaker 4
magic.
Speaker 3
It seems like there's there are other opportunities here.
Speaker 1
I think my question goes to like the deeper questions of fairness, right?

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