• tetris11@lemmy.ml
    19·
    4 days ago

    It’s real, but it suffers from a namespace problem.

    Back in the day, Wizards could generate scenes out of thin air by using verbs like convert and montage and import. These worked really well for a while, but the wizards found that if they used these verbs in other contexts, they could cause damage to the whole ecosystem.

    As you might imagine, verbs like import can be quite general, and if uttered improperly could lead a worldwide freeze until the wizard came to their senses and realised how to cancel the spell.

    So there’s been a recent push by the Wizard’s council to stop making these verbs so globally widespread, and to constrain them under the umbrella of magick words, in the sense that calling the verbs alone wouldn’t do anything, but calling magick convert or magick import would. The changes are set to become permanent after 7th summit, but there is still some resistance from naysayers who complain that it will break their elaborate spell workflows.

  • Diddlydee@feddit.ukEnglish
    12·
    4 days ago

    All magic is bullshit, except the type where you are just tricking people into believing things. That’s not real magic though.

  • otto@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    121·
    4 days ago

    In 1962, in his book “Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible”, science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated his famous Three Laws, of which the third law is the best-known and most widely cited: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”.

    “Magic” is just a term ignorant people use to describe something they don’t understand and are too lazy and to figure out. Sometimes, just because they refuse to accept the facts.

    Example: man-made climate change causes record wildfires in LA, and some claim “God did it!”

    Another: cancer patient goes into remission after successful medical treatments. Some believe “God did it!”

    • cheese_greater@lemmy.worldOP
      26·
      4 days ago

      I mean like white magic like in Pokemon in the Lavender Town Tower where that Channeler mentions the white magic areas

      Super appreciated when people break out legit citations and commentary like that, really classes up the place :) Thank you for thar

      • Luke@lemmy.mlEnglish
        9·
        4 days ago

        I mean … magic like in Pokemon

        This would have been good context to include in your original post. How the heck is everyone else supposed to know that this is what you were asking about?

        Also, you might get more of the answers you’re looking for if you ask in a Pokémon community instead.

  • DragonsInARoom@lemmy.world
    10·
    4 days ago

    There’s a dragon in my garage, only I can see it, you can’t prove me wrong, you can’t prove me right, you can’t see the effects of the dragon, but he’s there, trust me

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
    9·
    4 days ago

    Oh yeah, it’s real. For instance, I constantly have to use black magick as a sys-admin to get my company’s printers to work.

  • funkajunk@lemm.eeEnglish
    5·
    4 days ago

    Are there many things we do not understand about the universe? Yes.

    Is “magick” a bunch of bullshit that has not one shred of proof? Also yes.

  • Queen HawlSera@lemm.eeEnglish
    22·
    3 days ago

    Sad to see “Edgelord Reddit Atheism” in here, is magic real? Only you can answer that question and only for yourself.

    Though keep in mind, anyone offering to bless you or give you a reading for a price is likely to be lying.