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trying to answer this question about portals as a fictional motif is taking me on a whole dive which i might as well document here before i lose track of it:

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anansi

in berlin

@s0ulDirect0r

· Jun 4

have stories about opening interdimensional portals been a thing in human history for longer than say, 100 years? is it just me or are we subconsciously memeing this into existence... (i just watched Stranger Things 3 fyi)

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Vivid Void

@VividVoid_

Jun 5

What do you think about the Divine Comedy or other myths that feature trips to other realities?

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Jun 5

i think they're great but i suspect there's a specific more modern provenance of the idea of deliberately opening a portal as opposed to e.g. happening to find one, and that it traces back to 20th century physics, relativity, wormholes, etc.

Paul

@paul__is__here

Jun 5

hmm medieval mages with summoning circles for demons though? is that so different?

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

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@VividVoid_

in those stories you bring the demon to you rather than traveling elsewhere right? i'm not directly familiar with any stories like this except maybe faust

7:50 AM · Jun 5, 2022Twitter Web App

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I'm not either but yeah I guess that is different, interesting