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[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 23 points 19 hours ago (3 children)

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

[–] whoisearth@lemmy.ca 6 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Science is magic if you don't know how it works so you can always re-establish your beliefs

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

-- Arthur C. Clarke

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 1 points 44 minutes ago

I prefer... Any technology indistinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced

[–] barneypiccolo@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago

This simple statement explains the entire human history of religion.

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 hours ago

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?"

[–] julietOscarEcho@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 hours ago

Like a reverse roko's bassilisk. Interesting. I mean that way around is at least comforting/ gives main character energy.