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Science is Magic (mander.xyz)
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[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

The difference between magic and science is that magic is centered on humans in the way that the entire cosmos was once thought to rotate around Earth. Both a magical universe and a scientific universe contain rules that humans can discover and tools that humans can use to influence their environment, but a magical universe is for humans and about humans whereas a scientific universe is not even indifferent to humans.

I admit that it would be nice to have gods and even the very fabric of reality care about what I want...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, hon. The magical universe may SEEM to be centered around you, but you're really just experiencing the side benefits of it being centered around me.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Shut up, Harry Potter.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think that's actually a question that can be taken seriously. My answer would be that a Turing-complete universe with a mechanism for decreasing local entropy would be sufficient to make it possible (not necessarily likely) that some sort of computing entity would arise and comprehend something like the anthropic principle.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Pretty much everything in Terry Pratchett's oeuvre could and should be taken seriously. Praise Anoia that he also took it with a grain of salt, and with tongue stuck firmly in cheek!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

That's, uh... That's completely not true. I know lots of otherkin magic users. Magic tends to be more popular with otherkin than humans in my experience. Humans are happy to remain in consensus reality because it was built for them. Otherkin need to use magic to find worlds where they can exist.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

What?

[–] Diplomjodler3 2 points 3 months ago

Translation: my acid was extra spicy today.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Everything I just said is contextualised by the manifesto at http://soulism.net. TL;DR: reality is fake and bad, support minorities.