Science of Magic (was Re: The Statute of Secrecy_

[Tesha]

No: HPFGUIDX 159627

 
> Carol responds:
> Without getting into the scientific aspect of what makes magic work
> (and JKR is as much of a scientist as I am, meaning none at all), I
> think the point is that some people are born with magical ability and
> some aren't. It can't be acquired: it's in the blood. 

Tesha:
    Or maybe not in the blood, how about in the brain? And extra lobe
that focuses energy or allows a specific chemical release? or anything?
We don't know the function of most of the brain anyway - why not make
"magic" just another no-yet-understood function of the human brain?

    This could be why young wizards and witches can't control it - and
why they spend so much time in school learning to develop it. Perhaps
puberty begins the real magic time  - and Neville was late evelopmentally.