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You turned into a cat! A SMALL cat! You violated Conservation of Energy! (Chapter 2) Energy? I'd rather call it a violation of conservation of mass.

conover 16y ago
It was a very, very dense cat.
goodside 16y ago
Mass isn't conserved. The sun operates by destroying matter, as do atom bombs. Energy, which matter is a form of, is conserved. The violation isn't the turning into a cat, it's the lack of a subsequent mushroom cloud.
- rbanffy 16y ago
  Well... To be fair, the added matter could be shifted into a higher dimension and detached from the cat. You would then see a small cat with the expected mass of a small cat. All you need is sufficiently advanced technology.
  - loup-vaillant 16y ago
    Plus, if you discharge the mass, you will have to somehow reclaim it when turning back into an human. Destroying the Earth wasn't a good idea to beging with, but freezing it doesn't sound better.
modeless 16y ago
E=mc^2
omnipath 16y ago
First all, I like this story. I think it's rather well written. But that statement in the story almost made me close my browser. Harry gets rationality in the modern-muggle world, but is very resistant, and expresses complete unwillingness to except something in the magical world until he can prove it. I feel like if I were in the story and I saw this version of Harry Potter, I'd be calling him an idiot every 4 sentences he says. Just because you don't understand something, doesn't make it impossible. To quote Men In Black: "Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow. " ~ K
- ronnoch 16y ago
  Good quote, but to be fair humans have known that the earth was round since 300 B.C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth

conover 16y ago

It was a very, very dense cat.

goodside 16y ago

Mass isn't conserved. The sun operates by destroying matter, as do atom bombs. Energy, which matter is a form of, is conserved. The violation isn't the turning into a cat, it's the lack of a subsequent mushroom cloud.

rbanffy 16y ago
Well... To be fair, the added matter could be shifted into a higher dimension and detached from the cat. You would then see a small cat with the expected mass of a small cat. All you need is sufficiently advanced technology.
- loup-vaillant 16y ago
  Plus, if you discharge the mass, you will have to somehow reclaim it when turning back into an human. Destroying the Earth wasn't a good idea to beging with, but freezing it doesn't sound better.

modeless 16y ago

E=mc^2

omnipath 16y ago

First all, I like this story. I think it's rather well written. But that statement in the story almost made me close my browser. Harry gets rationality in the modern-muggle world, but is very resistant, and expresses complete unwillingness to except something in the magical world until he can prove it. I feel like if I were in the story and I saw this version of Harry Potter, I'd be calling him an idiot every 4 sentences he says. Just because you don't understand something, doesn't make it impossible. To quote Men In Black: "Fifteen hundred years ago everybody knew the Earth was the center of the universe. Five hundred years ago, everybody knew the Earth was flat, and fifteen minutes ago, you knew that humans were alone on this planet. Imagine what you'll know tomorrow. " ~ K

ronnoch 16y ago
Good quote, but to be fair humans have known that the earth was round since 300 B.C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spherical_Earth