What are muggles, anyway?

[rcraigharman at hotmail.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 20246

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., meboriqua at a... wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., rcraigharman at h... wrote: 
> > It seems to me that a search for the magic gene would require
> > greater science than the wizarding community uses....
> 
> I never thought about witches and wizards having different genes.
> I like that.

In contrast, I'm not too fond of it, for the same reasons that I
don't like the midi-chlorian explanation for the Force in Episode 1.
Perhaps, it's the scientist in me, who nevertheless longs for faith
and would prefer to think that some things are unknowable and greater
than we are.  Were JKR to dabble in a pseudoscientific explanation
of the Muggle/Wizard dichotomy, I think I'd hurl.  X^p


> I'm still curious about what people think about witches and
> wizards being able to use more of their brains than Muggles do.  
> Is that even possible?  I mean, if I could use more than the 12%
> of my brain that I am capable of using now, would I be able to
> move things with my mind or something?

I've always thought the limitations on brain usage mentioned in
popular culture were a bit hokey?  12% (or 11% or 10%) of what?
Neurons?  Synapses?  Neurotransmitters?  Volume?  Mass?  Area?
The fact is that you use all of your brain to some degree.  See:

http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/tenper.html

It's a good resource and it links to other pages on the subject.

....Craig, one-hundred-percenter if I can help it ;^)