[HPforGrownups] Re: Atom Bomb

[T.M. Sommers]

No: HPFGUIDX 77624

Emily Rose wrote:
> 
> I've actually had a theory about this for some time.  Not about atom bombs
> per say, but I think it applies.
> 
> My theory is that in the magical world, the laws of physics don't
> necessarily apply.  My reason for thinking this came around book 3 when
> Harry looked at Hermione's Muggle Studies notes and saw pictures of levers
> and ramps and muggles lifting heavy objects.  These are all basic physics
> concepts and when I thought about the Burrow whose architecture defies the
> laws of physics and is held up by magic, it seemed to make sense that what
> separates wizards and muggles is physics.
> 
> So the fundamental forces, such as gravity (Fg) and electricity (Fe) are
> "replaced" by the force of magic.  

If gravity didn't work for wizards, they'd all go flying off into 
space.  More importantly, if the electromagnetic force didn't work, 
they'd all be dead.  EM is the foundation of chemistry, and chemistry 
is the foundation of biology.  No EM, no molecules (no DNA, no 
proteins, etc.); and no molecules, no cells and no organisms.  Note 
that Harry, a wizard, grew up in a 100% muggle environment, eating 
muggle food.  Now he eats wizard food, with no ill effects.  That 
means that, biochemically speaking, muggle food and wizard food are 
indistinguishable, which in turn means that muggle biology and wizard 
biology are the same.  And that means that chemistry is the same, and 
that means that physics is the same.

It is ultimately futile to try to reconcile real physics with the kind 
of magic in these books (as opposed to kind of magic that sufficiently 
advanced technology is indistinguishable from).  It just can't be 
done.  Magic is physically impossible. (As a side note, it is also 
biologically impossible; there is no way that it could have evolved.)