I’m not sure Muggle Studies is going to be the name to best win people over to rationality and critical thinking, even in the context of a Harry Potter fanclub.
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.
I’m not sure Muggle Studies is going to be the name to best win people over to rationality and critical thinking, even in the context of a Harry Potter fanclub.
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.
Clarke’s Third Law: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”