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*** Actually, there's an entirely correct course of action for Hermione that Harry actually points out to her, and that she consistently refuses to do; that is, to take an agnostic attitude towards topics where she substantially lacks information. Or, in plain English, to not make up her mind that something is either proven ''or'' impossible until after she's finished investigating the possibility. But Hermione's consistent character flaw is being so proud that she knows so many things that she refuses to believe that she doesn't know everything.
*** Another example is when Harry reasons out his entire family tree, concluding that he's descended from a legendary trio of wizards. Hermione and Ron both think he's losing it. Granted, he was over-eager in his explanation, which was sort of hard to follow. But it was a sound argument nonetheless.
**** That one borders on [[Arbitrary Skepticism]] given that Harry actually is standing directly on top of written proof of his conclusions, and yet they still deny it.
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