• ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works
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    4 months ago

    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…