Apparating and the Theory of Relativity

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 185882

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0812694554/ref=cm_rdp_product

Alla:

I do not know if I mentioned it here yet, but as I am sure many of 
you did, I have read quite a few books about Harry Potter. For the 
most part I remain completely unimpressed with the quality of the 
scholarship. I mean, I have two or three books which I think of as 
pretty good quality, the rest are in my opinion either stretching a 
point big time to try and apply concepts to the world of Harry Potter 
or usually describe something very obvious.

So, this book to me is for the most part stretching point big time, 
but I figured I will try to finish it anyway.

One of the sixteen essays in this book is called "Space, time and 
magic" by Michael Silberstein. He argues some pretty obvious points 
in it such as that Magical world of potterverse is a part of our 
world and we can figure it out by seeing that Platform 9 ¾, MoM and 
Gringott are located in London, etc. Well, duh.

But then he also talks about magical travel means and the way he 
talks about apparating made me want to ask you guys a question.

He is supposes that apparating is not like teleporting instantly, but 
moving through the space.

He uses the wording from this GoF quote to show that Harry is moving 
through space and not just instantly appears in another one:

"It happened immediately:  Harry felt as though a hook just behind 
his navel had been suddenly jerked irresistibly forward.  His feet 
left the ground; he could feel Ron and Hermione on either side of 
him, their shoulders banging into his; they were all speeding forward 
in a howl of wind and swirling color; his forefinger was stuck to the 
boot as though it was pulling him magnetically onward and then - His 
feet slammed into the ground; Ron staggered into him and he fell 
over; the Portkey hit the ground near his head with a heavy thud. - 
ch. 6"

And he talks about Molly mentioning splinting during Apparating, we 
of course now have HBP to confirm that, this book was out before HBP.

So now I am finally coming to my question. This guy also talks about 
apparating as creating sort of wormholes tunnels through time and 
space, if we imagine space as some sort of elastic rubber. He says 
that Theory of relativity does not prevent the possibility of those 
tunnels in real life?

I mean, I know very little about theory of relativity besides general 
definition, so can somebody with more scientific mind explain to me 
how the Apparating is not in contradiction with it?

Thanks
Alla