The dictionary disagrees with you.
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Omgboom@lemmy.zip 3 months ago
Just because you know how something works doesn’t make it not magic
BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 3 months ago
lath@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That’s because it’s a dic.
Damage@feddit.it 3 months ago
Sorry, but higher literature (DnD rulebooks) disagree with YOU
BeardedBlaze@lemmy.world 3 months ago
This is Science Memes, not Fantasy Memes lol
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
The dictionary sucks.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Even magic itself loses its magic when you know how it works.
OpenStars@discuss.online 3 months ago
Does it, really? Or is it “magic” all the way down…? :-D
Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 months ago
As someone who was crazy about magic as a kid and learned a bunch of magic tricks, yes, it does. Really.
OpenStars@discuss.online 3 months ago
Oh yeah, for magic “tricks” that’s fair:-).
You could still use it to cause squeals of delight from young’uns who don’t know any better yet. So the utility is vastly diminished, but not entirely gone.
lone_faerie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
As someone else who was crazy about magic as a kid, I feel like that just made magic even more magical. Having an understanding of how magic tricks work lets you really appreciate the art and be truly wowed when you see a trick you can’t figure out.
sinkingship@mander.xyz 3 months ago
Totally agree. I just witnessed my sister delivering her baby a few days back.
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
Any sufficiently analysed magic is indistinguishable from science!
yesman@lemmy.world 3 months ago
If you understand how quantum mechanics works, why are you keeping it a secret?
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Out of pure spite.
JayDee@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
If you understand magnets you know how magic works. Hell, even aerofoils seems like a glitch in reality.