mjr comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 17, chapter 86 - Less Wrong
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Yeah, one's floating in magma- and none of the others are in places they would be exposed to a direct nuclear blast in the event of nuclear holocaust, either.
And even if they were... the reason the fang and sword (and Fiendfyre) worked is because the criterion for destroying a Horcrux is "damaged beyond magical repair". Basilisk venom and cursed fire both have a distinctly magical quality of "no takebacks". Who knows of being reduced to constituent atoms by mundane means counts? (Probably it does, but it isn't certain.)
But I assume it bothers him because if he wanted humanity eradicated, he could have accomplished it by now. And he didn't seem to take any pleasure in his belief that
It still doesn't make it certain to work for such a case in particular, but Snape's "From the rumors I have heard, Headmaster, Muggle weapons are only slightly worse than the more... recondite aspects of wizardry" seems to be evidence towards counting.
I had taken that to refer to the scale of mass destruction possible, but good point.