It seemed like the primary , maybe the only , pursuit of these veryintelligentpeople was plotting against each other in increasingly elaborate schemes . That ' s more or less a terminal goal of Voldemort though one of many , but for everyone else it ' s instrumental to making the world a better place . It just so happens that when the enemy is this powerful , that instrumental goal ends up taking the most time . It ' s also barely on the radar for Hermione . Which , incidentally , I don ' t know how you classify , because her main purpose as a character seems to be precisely to provide the revealing exception to Harry ' s LessWrongintelligent vs sheep dichotomy . <| sep |> Jessica was absolutely awful , she ' s so immature .