The universe didn’t force you not to believe in magic. You could have spent your whole life believing magnets are magical stones, that the electromagnetic force is magical energy, and that computer engineers are wizards who conjure spirits from magic. And you could have been 100% factually and scientifically correct....
That’s because this person is arguing semantics, poorly, in bad faith.
Magic isn’t real. No one is choosing to live in a world without whimsy, there are plenty of ways to be mystified by natural phenomena. Look up coronea borealis - suddenly you’ll be captivated by the night sky again (at least a part of it, I’m still having trouble determining which of these stars is actually Arcturus). For an even simpler example, fireflies. If you aren’t captivated by fireflies because they don’t actually have fire in them, you’re probably just an idiot (or allergic to them, though I’ve never met anyone allergic to fireflies). Magic is simply a way for the primitive mind (and by association primitive society) to explain away things that seemingly had no tangible cause.
Magic isn’t real because the collective knowledge of humanity has matured past the need for it.
Yeah I looked at your comments and saw that thread, where the person was claiming that computers functioned by spirits being summoned from rocks and other nonsense.
The sheer ridiculousness of it forced me to hop in and take a look, and I sure did get a good laugh out of that. Had to leave my two cents and go. I’d be more inclined to believe it’s that weirdo too.
I mean, for fucks sake, the state is magic? Money is magic? The placebo effect is magic?
This person* probably thinks the wind is magic.
Edit: also you were close! Tautologically, one ‘o’ off.
Edit 2: if they respond to you again, hit em with the God of the gaps fallacy.
Edit 3: * I editted this because I’ve spoken to this person a little more. I don’t think they’re dumb, I think they just have a very unique perspective.
It’s a copypasta from, what I’m inferring, is before your time.
A man named Unidan became a beloved figure of the reddit community, akin to /u/Poem_For_Your_Sprog, fucking /u/shittymorph, etc. He would glide into threads, drop bird facts and then talk with the people who replied to his comments before fluttering away.
Fast forward to the jackdaw incident where he very incorrectly stated the paragraph above, and that’s about all I know besides his reddit fame imploded afterwards. I want to say there was more of him being a fucker to it, but I didn’t care enough to remember.
Lol, I had to make an assumption so I assumed what I thought would be least insulting. Either way - I’ve given you part of the story, Obi gave you the rest.
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Second, it evokes the same feelings in me as those art pieces done by people suffering from various mental illnesses. I’m not saying this as an insult, I think it’s really cool and would love to read your motivations behind the piece.
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