[HPforGrownups] Re: Wizard ages

[manawydan]

No: HPFGUIDX 149274

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <bboyminn at yahoo.com>
Subject: [HPforGrownups] Re: Wizard ages


> Many of us, well specifically me and a couple others, believe that the
> Maximum age difference is about double, disregarding the first 18
> years in which wizards develop normally.
>
> Dumbledore-
>
> ME = (150-18)/2 + 18 = 84
>
> So, functionally, at real age 150, Dumbledore functions like an 84
> year old Muggle.

I think most 84 year old Muggles of my acquaintance would be delighted to be
as fit and active as Albus!

The really old wizards, like Marchbanks, Dippet and Tofty, give far more of
an impression of old age.

I wonder if Dumbledore's ME would work better with a divisor of 3

ME = (150-18)/3 + 18 = 62.

And indeed, he acts far more like a 62 year old than an 84 year old.

> Further, I suspect that JKR thought wizards living longer was such a
> minor point in the overal story, that it never occurred to her that
> people would work it out in detail. So, some error or some degree of
> illogical results can certainly creep into the story. But that

Certainly agree with that one - it's one of the details which don't affect
the real story and therefore she doesn't focus on it.

hwyl

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