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arrow-up1697imageMad Laddicuslemmy.worldStamets to People Twitter@sh.itjust.works • 12 days agomessage-square222
minus-square@QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink25•11 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-square@whoisearth@lemmy.calinkfedilink7•11 days agoScience is magic if you don’t know how it works so you can always re-establish your beliefs
minus-square@sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink5•edit-210 days ago Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. – Arthur C. Clarke
minus-square@QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•10 days agoI prefer… Any technology indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced
minus-square@barneypiccolo@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish1•10 days agoThis simple statement explains the entire human history of religion.
minus-square@QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink5•10 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-square@julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink3•10 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.