Comments on: Move over Harry, the Muggles have this one! http://rfothergill.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/move-over-harry-the-muggles-have-this-one/ Moonlight Exposure Sat, 14 Feb 2009 06:22:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jonathan http://rfothergill.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/move-over-harry-the-muggles-have-this-one/#comment-36 Jonathan Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:22:30 +0000 http://rfothergill.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-36 To add to that; before we had "laser eye sergery", we still have knives. Knives can kill (Obviously). My point is, it's most likely far easier to kill someone than it is to actually perform healing of somekind, especally on something like an eye. To add to that; before we had “laser eye sergery”, we still have knives. Knives can kill (Obviously). My point is, it’s most likely far easier to kill someone than it is to actually perform healing of somekind, especally on something like an eye.

]]> By: rfothergill http://rfothergill.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/move-over-harry-the-muggles-have-this-one/#comment-35 rfothergill Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:10:20 +0000 http://rfothergill.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-35 A lot of insight there Ben. I didn't find any fanfictions about the topic, but I did find two links on Google that perked my interest: http://www.hp-lexicon.org/essays/essay-limits-of-magic.html http://www.cosforums.com/archive/index.php?t-96198.html A lot of insight there Ben. I didn’t find any fanfictions about the topic, but I did find two links on Google that perked my interest:

http://www.hp-lexicon.org/essays/essay-limits-of-magic.html

http://www.cosforums.com/archive/index.php?t-96198.html

]]> By: Ben http://rfothergill.wordpress.com/2008/07/05/move-over-harry-the-muggles-have-this-one/#comment-34 Ben Sat, 05 Jul 2008 14:35:57 +0000 http://rfothergill.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-34 In many universes that employ magic (such as Jim Butcher's Dresden Files), magic-users often cause technology in their vicinity to break down or malfunction due to the amount of magical energy that surrounds them. This is the extension of the more widespread and eternal conflict of "magic versus science," which is essentially the more generalized form "religion (or faith) versus science." Although always present in society in one form or another, this theme really gained importance in the Renaissance, where modern scientific discoveries were beginning to challenge the Church's dominance. As a result, the Church often portrayed science as anathema to religion (which is not at all the case). There's also the fact that magic is not a panacea. In almost every tale involving magic, the use of magic extracts a price--it is the transfer or energy, i.e., work. Work tires you out. So it may be the case that fixing vision takes too much effort to be worthwhile. Without J.K. Rowling writing another Harry Potter book or at least writing some explanation and declaring it canon, there is no way to know for sure, of course. Now, I wouldn't be surprised if someone out there has already written a piece of fanfiction (*shudder*) that explores this very question. If there isn't, there should be. In many universes that employ magic (such as Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files), magic-users often cause technology in their vicinity to break down or malfunction due to the amount of magical energy that surrounds them.

This is the extension of the more widespread and eternal conflict of “magic versus science,” which is essentially the more generalized form “religion (or faith) versus science.” Although always present in society in one form or another, this theme really gained importance in the Renaissance, where modern scientific discoveries were beginning to challenge the Church’s dominance. As a result, the Church often portrayed science as anathema to religion (which is not at all the case).

There’s also the fact that magic is not a panacea. In almost every tale involving magic, the use of magic extracts a price–it is the transfer or energy, i.e., work. Work tires you out. So it may be the case that fixing vision takes too much effort to be worthwhile.

Without J.K. Rowling writing another Harry Potter book or at least writing some explanation and declaring it canon, there is no way to know for sure, of course. Now, I wouldn’t be surprised if someone out there has already written a piece of fanfiction (*shudder*) that explores this very question. If there isn’t, there should be.

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