Lumifer comments on A Muggle Studies course - Less Wrong

16 Post author: polymathwannabe 02 October 2013 02:42AM

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Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 02 October 2013 05:28:48PM 6 points [-]

There could be an interesting angle there for making people look at the mundane detail of real-world stuff they don't usually pay attention to by framing the discussion into the viewpoint of befuddled wizards who have manged to figure the thing out but can't use the "of course we all already know what this is" cultural familiarity.

Like, how would a clever wizard stuck with a basically medieval technology level (correctly) explain how electricity and electrical appliances work to another wizard. Or indoor plumbing, or why doctors should disinfect their hands.

Comment author: Lumifer 02 October 2013 06:20:10PM 3 points [-]

Clarke's Third Law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."