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minus-squareQueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up25·2 days agoWhen I used to be New Age I believed that not believing in magic gave you a resistance to it because Quantum… Accepting the truth that magic ain’t real was tough
minus-squarewhoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoScience is magic if you don’t know how it works so you can always re-establish your beliefs
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-22 days ago Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. – Arthur C. Clarke
minus-squareQueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoI prefer… Any technology indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced
minus-squarebarneypiccolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 days agoThis simple statement explains the entire human history of religion.
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 days agoAs a kid I asked a friend’s dad who was a chemist if magic was real and he replied “Do you think anyone would go into years of schooling for engineering if a shortcut existed?”
minus-squarejulietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoLike a reverse roko’s bassilisk. Interesting. I mean that way around is at least comforting/ gives main character energy.
When I used to be New Age I believed that not believing in magic gave you a resistance to it because Quantum…
Accepting the truth that magic ain’t real was tough
Science is magic if you don’t know how it works so you can always re-establish your beliefs
I prefer… Any technology indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced
This simple statement explains the entire human history of religion.
As a kid I asked a friend’s dad who was a chemist if magic was real and he replied “Do you think anyone would go into years of schooling for engineering if a shortcut existed?”
Like a reverse roko’s bassilisk. Interesting. I mean that way around is at least comforting/ gives main character energy.