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Science is Magic (mander.xyz)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The rules for magic and the rules of existence in most fictional universes are significantly more defined (and, arguably, more solid) than the rules for science and existence in this world.

Even the brush off of "Its magic. I don't have to explain it," at least indicates that SOMEONE understands the effect and its relative existence.

If you find 5 people who say that they fully understand a single branch of science then I'd bet all of my money in my pocket that you found them in a padded recovery room sans shoe laces.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I always like the comparisons to how magical our world would seem to someone in an alternate reality where transistors or maybe even electricity wasn't a thing.

Like you can dumb it down to really magical sounding things like calling a cpu "runes etched in sand".

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

this makes me think of the meme about time traveling an awing everyone and they ask but what is electricity to the average joe guy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The first hard part is understanding what electricity is. The second hard part is not getting murdered over it. For most of history, only the rich and powerful could pursue science.