Hermione was wrong about muggle artifacts

[jonm234]

No: HPFGUIDX 68288

-imhotep1 wrote:
> I think you are taking the logic of science to seriously and 
neglecting the "magic" of the magical world.  There are numerous explainations 
that don't "make sense" to us muggles but that make sense if you look  
at the wizarding world from a magical angle.  My take on this has always 
been that Murphy's Law just tends to apply more around wizarding places 
than it does in the muggle world.  
 
> There are other ways of explaining the muggle machinery problem.  
One of my favorite movies is a detective/cthulu movie called "To Cast a 
Deadly Spell," and in one scene a man is cursing at his broken down 
truck. When he opens the hood, it is filled with gremlins, who have 
invaided his vehicle and are pulling out wires.  With all the gnomes, 
doxies, boggarts (they like confined spaces) what is to say that larger 
muggle equipment isn't more suceptible to "infestation" and that smaller 
> objects (like watches) are much less so.
> 
> Ultimatly, I don''t think an exact explaination isn't needed.  
Magic isn't science.  You needn't (and often can't) mix the two. >>>>


now me

The reply I just wrote disappeared (long story), so here is a 
highly condensed version:

Damn good point.  I won't concede my argument - mainly b/c I believe 
that the magical problems caused actual physical malfunctions, rather 
than the magic just increasing the odds that other known problems 
would occur - however, I will accept your point as a possible alternative 
b/c I can find almost no fault in your argument (this is the highest 
compliment in terms of debate that I can give you).

etc., etc., more rambling, and I think that was it.
 
Jon