HP MoR: Dementors simply kill like anything else, death is death (cf. Death Note)

Created by gwern on 2012-04-05; known on 2016-01-01; judged right by Oscar_Cunningham on 2017-02-06.

• gwern estimated 65% on 2012-04-05
• gwern said “the additional horror of Dementors in this case being the mental suffering they inflict – the Kiss is just death following prolonged torture” on 2012-04-05
• ahartell estimated 70% and said “incidentally, what does “cf.” mean?” on 2012-04-09
• gwern said “ahartell: http://tinyurl.com/2j2vb6” on 2012-04-09
• lavalamp estimated 65% on 2012-04-10
• Anubhav said “They’re supposed to be “the shadow that death casts upon this world”. That’s not the same as being death itself.” on 2012-04-10
• PlacidPlatypus estimated 98% and said “Kill in the sense of destroy the mind; the body is established to remain alive.” on 2012-04-19
• Oscar_Cunningham estimated 90% and said “Assume being sent to the afterlife counts. Dementors kill you as dead as grenades do."” on 2012-04-20
• qznc estimated 70% on 2014-07-14
• gwern changed the deadline from “on 2015-01-01” on 2015-01-01
• gwern said “nothing indicates otherwise, so unless there are objections, marking this right” on 2016-06-20
• Oscar_Cunningham   judged this prediction right on 2017-02-06.