Muggle vs. Magical (SS/HG Exchange Brainstorming/Research)

[m_mcgonagall_65]

Muggle vs. Magical -- What if Hogwarts had a club to introduce Muggle things to the students?  What things would Muggles do just as well at or better than the Wizarding World and why?  At what things would the Wizarding World excel?  For example, Muggle vs. Magical cheesemaking?  Chocolates?  Wine-making?  Literature?  Theater?  Entertainment?  Medicine?  Other ideas?

Comments

[severely-lupine.livejournal.com]

I think it'd be pretty even on any of the arts. There's no magic involved there. Though the Muggles might have a slight edge just due to the breadth of knowledge they have to draw from, since there are far more Muggles throughout history than wizards. Though wizards who are well-versed in Muggle art/lit/etc. would have the advantage of drawing on not only Muggle examples but also wizarding ones to learn from.

Really, I think anything that didn't require magic would probably be pretty even. Medicine--Muggles have science, wizards have magic, but they generally cause the same effect. As long as the curing gets done, it's even. Though magic seems to work faster and cure things Muggle science can't, so that may go to the wizards. Anything that does require magic goes to the wizards by default.

[m-mcgonagall-65.livejournal.com]

The Wizarding world seems to have potions and spells that can cure more efficiently than the Muggles.

We just don't hear much about the arts at all in the books--not even literature, which is surprising since the world came out of a writer's imagination.