Weird science and tech is bringing magick back

[pesco]

Originally published at: Weird science and tech is bringing magick back | Boing Boing

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[FGD135]

[SheiffFatman]

I don’t know, I have a certain amount of interest in/sympathy for the consciousness-expanding sort of magic(k) practiced by Alan Moore and the like. I can’t find the exact quote, but he once said something like everything claimed for magic is absolutely true, as long as you remember it’s only in your head.

Here’s an actual quote from him:

Do I believe, for example, that by using magic I could fly? No. How would you get around gravity? Impossible. Do I believe that I might be able to project my consciousness into a very, very vivid simulation of flying? Yeah. Yes, I’ve done that. Yes, that works.

(Source.)

It certainly sounds a lot more interesting than the mindfulness gubbins my work kept pushing a while back.

[Beauty]

Can we keep magnets too?

[teknocholer]

(Oglaf is great, but maybe don’t access it at work. )

[vrplumber]

I thought Friendship was Magic?

[anon52120741]

If magick worked, then certainly my efforts to curse Ross Douthat or make him vanish would have worked by now

Instead I just have a lot of candlestubs and chalk marks on my floor

[smulder]

@pesco

Both have never been truer

[teknocholer]

@vrplumber

I thought Friendship was Magic?

Ms. Frizzle would like a word.

[brianary]

My biggest problem with Clarke’s Third Law is that the contrapositive has become a terrible crutch for storytellers. All too often “tech” is used to explain effects that are not internally consistent nor do they explore the natural ramifications. It’s usually hand-waving and nanotech, just magic by another name.

[anon52120741]

Perhaps if we were to reverse the polarity of the author/writers room…