(just to be clear: this is not, in any way, a conspiracy theory. I am posting this for laughs and do not actually think this.)

just like lemme explain alr

ok ok ok so: scientists are wizards. they took a magical oath telling them regular people that they be doing science. its magic, I tell you. MAGIC

CHANGE MY MIND. YOU WONT BE ABLE TO.

  • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
    2·
    9 hours ago

    I dunno where I heard this but

    “Any phenomenon that you cannot comprehend, is indistinguishable from magic.”

    Imagine trying to explain electricity to a society that has both copper and magnets. You would be a legit wizard if you could make a spark.

    • lauha@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 hours ago

      Clarke’s three laws, referring to Arthur C. Clarke.

      The laws are:

      • When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
      • The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
      • Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws

      • YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.todayEnglish
        1·
        6 hours ago

        Thank you!

        There’s actually a very cool philosophical argument that we are actually creating new fundamental rules of the universe by studying them. Simulation theory maybe? Dunno how much stock I put into it, but it’s kinda cool to think about.