#27

Honestly the whole magic is just science, is way over thought. If you can break the laws of reality, like turning a stick into a turtle, or build technology that cannot be explained, it is magic, maybe you can LOOSELY explain it, but in the end it is magic

#28

Thereā€™s a bunch of problems with the Command menu. Does anyone else gave their mastery percentage shown at about half of what it actually is?

#29

Yes.

Me and most everyone I know.

@Genericktag

#30

It randomly fixed itself on my s.oā€™s, so maybe itā€™ll go away.

#31

Perhaps itā€™s because his clothing is orange so they decided to choose a different colour to stop him being absorbed by the background? Itā€™s the only reason I can think of other than ā€œsomeone done goofedā€.

#32

First i would just like to say i donā€™t think turning a stick into a turtle is too absurd if they have a similar atomic make up and they both are just masses of cells is not too farfetched also if you can see it happen in reality then its not breaking the laws of reality because anything that exist in reality can be explained by just existing and we loosely understand fundamental forces at the moment does that mean they are magic

#33

Dude that is magic, no one could ever explain giving a stick organs, a diet, completely new structure and behavior, saying you could see it because of atom and cells is like saying me as a human is similar to a tree (sorry that I sounded like a smarta**)

#34

Having rules for your story, world, and in this case the magic, used to be called ā€œGood Writingā€ and ā€œWorld Buildingā€

ā€œCan magic wielders in this universe create fire from thin air or can it only be drawn from an existing source? Weā€™ll never know because the author was too lazy to actually think about the mechanics they add to their story.ā€

Not science. Magic. Well written magic.

#35

Interesting topic. If you went back 100 years with current technology, and tried to explain how a smart phone works, would they think of it as a magical device?

#36

Not having the knowledge to understand something does not change what that something is. A phone is still science. Granted, youā€™d be burned at the stake. Unless you had riot gear and a machine gun. Then you might be okay. And you get to show them even more fun stuff!

Also, I just realized you said 100. I was thinking medievalā€¦

#37

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

  • Arthur C Clarke
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#38

Yeah and I hate it

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#39

Nah, what about Orendi? And Shayne? And Toby?

#40

Fixed that one :stuck_out_tongue:

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#41

Except thatā€™s precisely why it isnā€™t magic because its has mechanics science by definition is only the study of everything around us it doesnā€™t mean you understand everything around you you just know the mechanics of how they work and people in that world would call that science because if X meets Y and it makes Q then studying what is needed to make Q is then called science like i said we donā€™t know how everything works right now and probably never will but itā€™s not magic because we donā€™t know what it is is science that we donā€™t quite understand yet

#42

I would read this but that is a long ass sentence so Iā€™ll pass.

#43

Fine i will put it in laymanā€™s terms if there are mechanics to something that that gives you an outcome then itā€™s science by DEFINITION

#44

You seem to be going into semantics here.

#45

There is a topic here, and it is not harry potter or magic. Letā€™s stay on topic.

#46

Already stopped, but thanks.