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This reminds me about a couple of famous fics that each have their own fics inspired by them: Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality [0], and The Arithmancer [1].

The first has it own wikipedia page and its from the creator of LessWrong. From Wikipedia: > It adapts the story of Harry Potter to explain complex concepts in cognitive science, philosophy, and the scientific method.

I read it almost 10 years ago but remember it getting tiresome after a while, but it does teach a ton about logical thinking.

The second is a less famous fic where someone who must have at least a masters in mathematics wrote Hermione as using math to create her own spells, theories and gradually becoming better at magic as she turned into a better arithmancer, and everything is based in real world theory.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Potter_and_the_Methods_o... [1] https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10070079/1/The-Arithmancer

parent gabythenerd 3 years ago

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