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Note especially the image "the calculating paradigm": https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/wG_lVbOftwaPOzjxlhT-6V5boptzSBgNRPb-Vind_ttObWemrYGyGO9rRhjXJrE-OLr_W

Note especially the image "the calculating paradigm": https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/wG_lVbOftwaPOzjxlhT-6V5boptzSBgNRPb-Vind_ttObWemrYGyGO9rRhjXJrE-OLr_WIj6Ehq1Th44z09CL4ZrHYOpBzL2tAzYHySs6ZH6s-nGYwaJvOZSXBr0ToFVPG2Y-rzMa7oHLwQVyRTWGPs https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/wG_lVbOftwaPOzjxlhT-6V5... All magic is supposed to work on this principle: one starts with a real-world problem, applies some ("sympathetic") correspondences to arrive at a magical representation, and manipulates that representation ("pins in the voodoo doll") in order to apply it and result in a real-world action. However, mathematics seems to be the only* subset of magic where the (in the case of mathematics: Galois) correspondence back to the real world proves effective! * marketers and politicians may disagree

RetroTechie 3y ago
> * marketers and politicians may disagree He. Whenever people make claims that violate [math + the laws of physics], invariably it's those people who prove to be at fault. Leading to a favorite of mine: "Math combined with laws of physics are more reliable than people." In other words: where possible, measure & do the math! What you find = reality (aka truth). Claims from people saying something else, can then be safely ignored (okay.. up to the point where measurements or the math itself is found to be in error).