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Fun thought. What if in the future, witchcraft and sorcery and magic, is rediscovered. And it comes to rule the land, and the people. But in actuality, sorcery
by blackrock 6y ago
Fun thought. What if in the future, witchcraft and sorcery and magic, is rediscovered. And it comes to rule the land, and the people.
But in actuality, sorcery is really just applied computer science.
Like, in the future, some engineer manages to tap into the quantum realm, which allows for all kinds of mystical apparitions to manifest, but instead, it’s really just another quantum artifact. But our limited understanding of the quantum probability reality, makes it seem like magic.
And all the hocus pocus incantations, are simply voice recognized commands, that triggers a quantum computer system, to activate some quantum subsystem functionality.
- snovv_crash 6y agoHave you read The Laundry Files? It's a Lovecraftian / James Bond mashup on exactly this idea.
- Thorrez 6y ago> Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke%27s_three_laws
- amlozano 6y agoIf you discard any quantum computing, this is similar to the plot to the series of novels starting with "Off to Be the Wizard" by Scott Meyer. A fun, quick little read about a person who discovers the source database of reality, and then promptly starts messing with it.
- samuel 6y agoI'm reading "Rise and fall of the dodo" and the plot is mostly what you described.