[HPforGrownups] Future projections of Wizarding Society post war.

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 192409

On 6/5/2013 8:21 AM, John wrote:
> To start with I make an assumption, that the rate of magical children born to non magical families may tend to rise, as the possession of magic is a very strong 'survival trait' and therefore simple natural selection may play a part, assuming there is a genetic base for the ability to possess and utilise magic. If true these Muggleborns might well prove a spearhead for new attitudes to emerge.
Bart:
     That is more of a Lysenkoist view of evolution than a Darwinian 
one. Natural selection simply decides which mutations continue on, and 
which ones die off. It does not cause the mutations to occur in the 
first place.

     Note that there seems to be a cultural bias against Wizards having 
large families; even those who support pureblood wizardry seem to have 
smaller families, while the size of the Weasley family is considered to 
be a subject of derision by the purebloods. Also notice that, in a 
school full of teenagers, there doesn't seem to be any sex or unwanted 
pregnancies (unless "snog" has a different meaning in the WW).

     There has been a discussion here about the possible genetic 
components of magic. The one I supported was a combination of multiple 
recessive genes.

     Bart