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Mad Eye Touz · 05-18-2012, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Wonderstruck

Adam jotted down the five exceptions to Gamp's Law, more for his own records and a secret hope that each time he writes them down, the more it will be engrained into his brain for the rest of his life. "I think money is an exception to the rule, because without some control over money things would be chaotic. I mean, if anyone could transform something into money, then there would be no control over how much money is produced, which would cause all kinds of economic issues, like inflation and things like that. Not to mention if people could just transform anything into money, then money itself would lose a lot of its value, and people wouldn't have to really do any work to earn their money."

Aspen.... enjoyed this answer. It wasn't often you heard students at Hogwarts talking about economic issues. She wrote his answer down in her notebook, circled it with red, then gave the Gryffindor a little... glance.

Then she answered. Hand up.

"I think these exceptions exist only because the components and concepts, the building blocks behind each of the exceptions, are too complex for us to work out the magic for. For example, love. It can hardly be defined and has a different meaning from person to person. How could we ever perfect a spell to conjure love? What would it even mean? Or do? I don't think the exceptions have a purpose. There is no why. But there is a very good why not: the magic is too complex for us. Gamp's Law speaks of our inabilities and limits in magic, not in absolutes and impossibilities. In my opinion."

Though Aspen sincerely hoped witches and wizards were trying to crack these exceptions. Probably in the Department of Mysteries, right? That'd be awesome.

05-18-2012, 07:46 PM	#44 (permalink)
Mad Eye Touz Diricawl Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Throne. Posts: 26,786 Hogwarts RPG Name: Zahra Kettleburn Graduated	Inside Kitty \| HIT ENTER \| UNO Queen Quote: Originally Posted by Wonderstruck Adam jotted down the five exceptions to Gamp's Law, more for his own records and a secret hope that each time he writes them down, the more it will be engrained into his brain for the rest of his life. "I think money is an exception to the rule, because without some control over money things would be chaotic. I mean, if anyone could transform something into money, then there would be no control over how much money is produced, which would cause all kinds of economic issues, like inflation and things like that. Not to mention if people could just transform anything into money, then money itself would lose a lot of its value, and people wouldn't have to really do any work to earn their money." Aspen.... enjoyed this answer. It wasn't often you heard students at Hogwarts talking about economic issues. She wrote his answer down in her notebook, circled it with red, then gave the Gryffindor a little... glance. Then she answered. Hand up. "I think these exceptions exist only because the components and concepts, the building blocks behind each of the exceptions, are too complex for us to work out the magic for. For example, love. It can hardly be defined and has a different meaning from person to person. How could we ever perfect a spell to conjure love? What would it even mean? Or do? I don't think the exceptions have a purpose. There is no why. But there is a very good why not: the magic is too complex for us. Gamp's Law speaks of our inabilities and limits in magic, not in absolutes and impossibilities. In my opinion." Though Aspen sincerely hoped witches and wizards were trying to crack these exceptions. Probably in the Department of Mysteries, right? That'd be awesome. __________________