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Somehow metal with zip zap moves rocks without touching and this isn't fiction? (lemm.ee)

submitted 7 months ago by jonathanvmv8f@lemm.ee to c/science_memes@mander.xyz

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[-] lugal@sopuli.xyz 30 points 7 months ago

[-] pancakes@sh.itjust.works 21 points 7 months ago

I took a university course specifically on electromagnetism and can confirm it's magic. They even use hand gestures to summon the powers of science to show which direction the current flows.

[-] PlexSheep@infosec.pub 1 points 7 months ago

It's not magic if it can be scientifically proven and studied

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

Clark’s 3rd Law:

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

So it is magic. As long as we don’t get it.

[-] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

I'm not convinced. Most magic systems in fiction have rules, meaning they can be scientifically proven and studied. Magic is simply when something falls outside your understanding of how the world works. It's all about your perspective.

There's a part in the Lord of the Rings where Galadriel shows Sam and Frodo a scrying pool. To Galadriel it's normal, simply the way the world is. To the hobbits it's magic.

‘And you?’ she said, turning to Sam. ‘For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel. Did you not say that you wished to see Elf-magic?’