Considering how much of a threat technology can pose when combined with magic, one or more factions may have deliberately placed an ignorant pureblood into the position in order to keep knowledge of muggle developments marginal.
It still says bad things that the Head of the DMLE thinks that Arthur “knows more about Muggle artifacts than any wizard alive” rather than, say, any random muggleborn or halfblood.
Considering how much of a threat technology can pose when combined with magic, one or more factions may have deliberately placed an ignorant pureblood into the position in order to keep knowledge of muggle developments marginal.
It still says bad things that the Head of the DMLE thinks that Arthur “knows more about Muggle artifacts than any wizard alive” rather than, say, any random muggleborn or halfblood.
Especially given how competently she’s been portrayed in most other areas.