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People said just over 100 years ago that we'd never be able to fly, yet here we are. We're welll aware of the issues but there are solutions. I mean, we happen

by _joel 4y ago

People said just over 100 years ago that we'd never be able to fly, yet here we are. We're welll aware of the issues but there are solutions. I mean, we happen to exist in space, so it's not impossible, is it.

otabdeveloper4 4y ago
People said just over 100 years ago that magic wands are not real and wizards don't exist, yet here we are. (Magic still doesn't exist. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
- _joel 4y ago
  "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
  - tsujamin 4y ago
    “When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.”
- m4rtink 4y ago
  I'm not so sure - I have this slab of crystal I can use to talk talk to people on the other side of the Earth, see things from above and make things do my bidding without touching them. And apparently it can transfer ideas in text form to your head. Also looks like I can fly if I book the right tickets.
- TeMPOraL 4y ago
  > magic wands are not real They could be though, at current tech level. It's the infrastructure that doesn't support it. Smartphones are as close as we got, but they reveal couple unfortunate things about the real world, such as: - In a competitive market economy, everything ends up sucking as much as it can get away with; - Magic wands would offer individuals more autonomy than the market, and possibly civilization, can sustain without self-destructing. > wizards don't exist Within constraints of the above, sure they do. > Magic still doesn't exist. _joel already provided the obligatory quote, but to expand on it, most of the magic in fantasy literature could be made possible with current technology, but would require supporting infrastructure to avoid breaking rules of thermodynamics. If you want to go less conspicuous, we'll have to wait for molecular nanotech ;).

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People said just over 100 years ago that we'd never be able to fly, yet here we are. We're welll aware of the issues but there are solutions. I mean, we happen

by _joel 4y ago

otabdeveloper4 4y ago
People said just over 100 years ago that magic wands are not real and wizards don't exist, yet here we are. (Magic still doesn't exist. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
- _joel 4y ago
  "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
  - tsujamin 4y ago
    “When one begins to live by habit and by quotation, one has begun to stop living.”
- m4rtink 4y ago
  I'm not so sure - I have this slab of crystal I can use to talk talk to people on the other side of the Earth, see things from above and make things do my bidding without touching them. And apparently it can transfer ideas in text form to your head. Also looks like I can fly if I book the right tickets.
- TeMPOraL 4y ago
  > magic wands are not real They could be though, at current tech level. It's the infrastructure that doesn't support it. Smartphones are as close as we got, but they reveal couple unfortunate things about the real world, such as: - In a competitive market economy, everything ends up sucking as much as it can get away with; - Magic wands would offer individuals more autonomy than the market, and possibly civilization, can sustain without self-destructing. > wizards don't exist Within constraints of the above, sure they do. > Magic still doesn't exist. _joel already provided the obligatory quote, but to expand on it, most of the magic in fantasy literature could be made possible with current technology, but would require supporting infrastructure to avoid breaking rules of thermodynamics. If you want to go less conspicuous, we'll have to wait for molecular nanotech ;).