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minus-squareQueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up25·23 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-up7·23 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-up5arrow-down1·edit-223 days ago Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. – Arthur C. Clarke
minus-squarebarneypiccolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·23 days agoThis simple statement explains the entire human history of religion.
minus-squareQueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·23 days agoI prefer… Any technology indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced
minus-squareQuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·23 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-up3·23 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
This simple statement explains the entire human history of religion.
I prefer… Any technology indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced
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.