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• the_q@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Science: Here’s why water is wet. Magic: I’m a dragon now.

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  • absGeekNZ@lemmy.nz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Science: wow that is a nice animal you have there; have you seen out Large Hadron Collider, it accelerates clouds of particles up to close to the limit of causality and slams them into specially designed targets. We do this to probe the secrets of the universe at the edges of imagination and plausibility.

    Magic: I can kill people by pointing my stick at them…

    Science: yeah, we have that also…how big do yours get? We have a problem where we went too far and now can destroy the world, but because everyone has these weapons we live in an uneasy tension called mutually assured destruction, so no one uses their most powerful weapons for fear that others will also.

    Magic: I can make it rain when I want.

    Science: ok now that would be useful, you have to teach me how to do that.

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  • Ethanol@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I definitely need that magic! o.o

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• thesporkeffect@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Imagine if scientists in-universe studied and quantified magic 🪄

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  • PlexSheep@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    If it can be studied, it’s not magic, it’s science.

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    • thesporkeffect@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Science is the process of converting magic into science

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• samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from science.

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• hinterlufer@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  not to forget scientific alchemistry

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