Hermione and the Lack of Logic

[conuly]

I know everybody thinks Hermione is oh-so-smart, but she really *is* illogical. Think of how she acts to Luna! Just because there's no proof of nargles means they don't exist? Does she hear herself? There are people in the world who would say that witches don't exist, but Hermione's very existence (such as it is) is proof against that!

So here's the question. How has Hermione gone so long without learning that a lack of proof for something (say, nargles) isn't the same as proof against something? People didn't believe until giant squid until very recently, and yet they still exist.

That was short. Sorry.

Comments

[snale.livejournal.com]

She's likable in many ways, and pretty scary in others. Mainly because she refuses to take into account other people's feelings. As a prefect, she's also been granted a bit of power, which I think has really gone to her head.

As for come-uppance, she very nearly got hers in the Forbidden Forest with the centaurs (if Grawp hadn't come along). Her arrogance nearly matches Draco Malfoy's at this point in the series.