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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
when we tell stories about magic but coat those stories with a layer of "btw magic is impossible" we are saying that having power and helping people is impossible
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
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2. "magician" obviously derives from "magic" and so does "magus". "magic" is itself pretty interesting: wiktionary says the likely root means "to be able to, to help; power" en.wiktionary.org/wiki/magic
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
fireballs and stuff are a tremendous distraction, and in that sense D&D may be the worst thing that's ever happened to magic your inability to throw fireballs is how you convince yourself that magic is not real and you can't have it
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
magic has nothing to do with violating the laws of physics. it has much to do with violating *expectations*, and we can reflect on what in our society causes us to conflate the two
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QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)
@QiaochuYuan
how are you so confident you know the laws of physics anyway it's not like you replicated all those experiments yourself or anything (apologies to the one guy reading this who actually did do that, you're a king and this tweet isn't for you)
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