TheOtherDave comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 13, chapter 81 - Less Wrong
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This comment makes no sense to me at all. Are you presuming that genetic code controls the presence of magical powers independent of phenotypic expression?
It's explained in detail in chapter 25 that the genes that make a person a wizard do not do so by building some complex machinery which allow you to become a wizard; the genes that make you a wizard constitute a marker which indicate to the source of magic that you should be allowed to cast spells.
Whoops! Shows you how long it's been since I've read ch25. Thanks for clarifying that.