Actually I'm an EE by education and an Extra class amateur radio operator. If you put me in a room with the components I could build a computer or a radio tran

Actually I'm an EE by education and an Extra class amateur radio operator. If you put me in a room with the components I could build a computer or a radio transceiver. I don't think understanding something necessarily removes the magic. Toil and frustration removes the magic. Working on things you don't believe in, or wasting energy on counterproductive tasks removes the magic. If I suddenly stumbled upon a giant pile of money, I'd still do what I do because it's honestly amazing. The applied sciences are the closest things to magic we'll ever get.