I saw one comment and was sure it’d be the Arthur C. Clarke quote. I like your one, I hadn’t seen it before.
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TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 4 days ago
I saw something once along the lines of “if there was a novel where they harnessed a magical force that was thought to come from the sky, and it was used for everything, like powering devices that keep food fresh, and long distance communication, and said the majority of people had no idea of how it worked we’d call it lazy writing, but that’s just a description of electricity” paraphrased a bit, but ye :3
Deebster@infosec.pub 4 days ago
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Bgugi@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Plus we can imbue crystals with thought and knowledge by inscribing them with complex runes and commanding them in a special language.
grue@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Main difference is that, in fiction, the “imbuing” doesn’t require a billion-dollar fab.
I mean, there are a few intrepid techno-wizards trying to don’t themselves, but it’s a far cry from what Big Magic can manage.
SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
Yes, but that bullion dollar industry only grew over time. The first crystals were made in small labs pushing the edge of magic. If you let a magical world develop industrialization long enough, surely they will try to optimize their magic as far as possible as well
Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 days ago
That’s how you tear down the fabric of space and demons ruins the world though.
looks at climate change
Oh…
Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 4 days ago
We used lightning to trick rocks into thinking.