Er... Science isn't a what, it's a how. You can study anything observable with it, because it's a method of observing phenomena and recording observations in a regularized way that allows you to, after poking X with a stick enough times, predict how X will twitch. If you can't get X to twitch or can't see the twitches, then either your stick or your magnifying glass are insufficiently advanced, and crying "magic" is what you do when you don't want to admit it, that's what I was saying.
I mean... From the viewpoint of most of human existence, we live in a magical age of wonders. For the most ordinary example I can think of, take the pocket cigarette lighter. It's made of metal and a strange substance unlike anything found in the field, which is incredibly light, fairly tough, and as clear as a mountain stream. Inside that, you can see a hollow chamber filled with water, or something like it, yet by spinning the wheel at the top and making a fountain of sparks, you create FIRE. You crazy wizard you! And then there's, you know, we all have these weird glowing slates, with a bunch of runes on a connected panel that change what's on the slate when we touch them, and what's more they all seem to be linked together... Sorcery! No normal mortal could do that! They must be relics of the gods themselves! And so on. Everyone knows how these things work (in general at least) because people have been refining their sticks and magnifying glasses and recording their observations and passing them around for a while now, so they don't seem all that wonderous, but THAT'S THE POINT.
- CD, Caution: the above may contain errors in logic and or technical quality. I'm barely up, gimme a break.
ETA: You know what? FUKKEN SIGGED. I'ma stand by that.
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"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows
I mean... From the viewpoint of most of human existence, we live in a magical age of wonders. For the most ordinary example I can think of, take the pocket cigarette lighter. It's made of metal and a strange substance unlike anything found in the field, which is incredibly light, fairly tough, and as clear as a mountain stream. Inside that, you can see a hollow chamber filled with water, or something like it, yet by spinning the wheel at the top and making a fountain of sparks, you create FIRE. You crazy wizard you! And then there's, you know, we all have these weird glowing slates, with a bunch of runes on a connected panel that change what's on the slate when we touch them, and what's more they all seem to be linked together... Sorcery! No normal mortal could do that! They must be relics of the gods themselves! And so on. Everyone knows how these things work (in general at least) because people have been refining their sticks and magnifying glasses and recording their observations and passing them around for a while now, so they don't seem all that wonderous, but THAT'S THE POINT.
- CD, Caution: the above may contain errors in logic and or technical quality. I'm barely up, gimme a break.
ETA: You know what? FUKKEN SIGGED. I'ma stand by that.
--
"Anko, what you do in your free time is your own choice. Use it wisely. And if you do not use it wisely, make sure you thoroughly enjoy whatever unwise thing you are doing." - HymnOfRagnorok as Orochimaru at SpaceBattles
woot Med. Eng., verb, 1st & 3rd pers. prsnt. sg. know, knows