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What's wrong with "experience the impossible"? Seems like a reasonable description of the situation to me, that's the whole point of magic.
by ealexhudson 11y ago
What's wrong with "experience the impossible"? Seems like a reasonable description of the situation to me, that's the whole point of magic.
- tazjin 11y agoIf magic existed it would, by definition, be neither impossible nor supernatural.
- ealexhudson 11y agoThanks for explaining that to me. The ordinary experience for someone viewing a magic act is that something impossible has happened. The fact that we know, logically, that it cannot be the case doesn't change the fact that what we experience is impossible. It's unexplainable by the majority of viewers. If the argument is "magic doesn't exist, therefore what you experienced is entirely normal and unremarkable" then frankly the interlocutor just don't get the point of why people watch magic.