[HPforGrownups] Re: R&D in the Wizard World

[Alexander]

No: HPFGUIDX 33547

  Greetings!

> Mahoney wrote to us in her wisdom:

f> If arithmancy is straight divination per the definition above, why 
f> doesn't Trelawney teach it?  And why does Hermione, who absolutely 
f> poo-poo's Trelawney's class, love her arithmancy class?  

f> Not making a point; just wondering out loud.

f> Mahoney

  Being slightly familiar with the subject, I can suppose
that these are two different things. Divination conveys
knowledge that is either remote or in future (or in the
past), but it conveys the knowledge about some events.
Arithmancy, on the other hand, does not give such
information. Instead, it deals with "general trends". That
is, Arithmancy can possibly say that a ship named "Madam
Maxime" will be unlucky and prone to sinking despite all
efforts, but will be unable to predict if it will sink at
all or not, where will this happen and so on.

  Just my IMHO, of course.

Sincerely yours,
Alexander Lomski,
(Gryffindor/Slytherin crossbreed),
always happy to throw weird ideas into the community.