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[Harry Potter] Are Muggles more advanced and more powerful than Wizards?

My question may at first seem stupid, as many would automatically assume that the Wizarding world is far more advanced than the muggle world due to Magic. And due to magic, the Wizards will always stay ahead of the powerless muggles...

However, let's think about how little change there has been in the Wizarding world over the course of a century (or even millennia) and compare it to the advancements in the Muggle world. Muggles have achieved so much within the space of a few decades (Nukes, Medicine, Science, War, Space Exploration and now Artificial intelligence), whilst it seems that Wizards are backwards and refuse (or are unable) to progress. 

So here's my question: Are Muggles overall more advanced and more powerful than the Wizards and Witches of the Wizarding world?
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Yes, muggles are generally regarded as more powerful than wizards in the modern era.  The tipping point was centuries ago,when the statute of secrecy was first established.

Since then, the gap has only gotten wider.  Rowling is on record somewhere saying a muggle with a shotgun would be a pretty good match for a powerful wizard in a straight fight.  In fantastic beasts 2, Grindlewald rallied his followers by showing them the muggles would eventually create nuclear weapons, with the implication that such a thing is more powerful than wizarding.  Indeed, too powerful to be allowed to exist.  

Meanwhile, wizards may even be *less* powerful as a society now than they were in the past.  Relics like the philosopher's stone, Deathly Hallows, or sword of Gryffindor can't be recreated today.  

Wizards have a lot of neat tricks they could use to control muggles (perfectly hiding such that muggles can't even perceive magical things, apparition, imperious curse), but a wizard needs to be very clever to surpass muggles.  Muggles have an overwhelming advantage in raw power.