Science is indistinguishable from magic, if you don't care to learn how science works.
Or how magic works
But... if there's a consistent system along which magic works which can be studied/researched/formulated, then isn't it just... science?
The keyword is consistent. Some settings have magic as inherently chaotic and difficult to control.
A good rule of thumb is that if a fantasy setting has a school for magic, it's probably a science. If it's knowledge passed from master to magically gifted student, it's probably not very consistent.
Yes.
That's not how magic works
magic works
Humans have yet to prove it.
Well, it sometimes does
Watch "Agatha all Along" - the series is managing to answer exactly this question with a great script and cast.
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I absolutely feel like in a thousand years, we'll talk to a machine and not even know how it works.
Hell, I look at the computer in front of me and only feel like I know a fraction of what's going on.
Hail the Omnissiah!
That's what neural networks are now. We do not know how it works under the hood. We just feed it training data.
We know how it works, but we can't explain exactly how it got to the answers.
We do, though.
Just to make sure my understanding was accurate, I asked Gemini to critique my explanation:
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Unless it’s lying to me about itself, I was able to explain the basics of it in two relatively simple sentences. Of course that doesn’t cover everything, but Gemini thinks that’s a pretty good overview. After expanding on each point in its reply, it said this:
I think a lot of the confusion over these models stems from hype and marketing that makes them out to be more than what they are.
Magnets, how do they work?
I just love how the conspiracies reinforce each-other in the most convenient ways.
"Anyone who doesn't get vaxed is going to be put in a FIMA concentration camp!"
"What? That's crazy, where's the evidence of that?!"
"You can't find it because they're censoring everything on the Internet."
So now, not finding evidence of conspiracy 1 is evidence for conspiracy 2!
I don't believe a lot of conspiracy theories, but I do have some conspiracy hypotheses
I have conspiracy speculations
I have conspiracy guestimations
Sometimes when I'm alone I have conspiracy masturbations
When you are at the Diddy party and you have a conspiracy ejaculation:
Also: when conspiracy theories are convenient ways to avoid havig to understand how things work.
And this a very common mindset, because most societies (some more than others) take children’s* innate curiosity and pound it flat for the sake of efficiency by way of standardisation. It really is a shame, since we waste a lot of potential as a species this way.
e: a word
That's what they want you to believe!
It's only a conspiracy theory if it's not a proven conspiracy.
Its only a conspiracy theory if its more than one guy.
It could be girls!
Not a native speaker but "guy" is gender neutral for a while now, at least on the variety used online. At least from what I know
Litmus test is the "Would you have sex with a group of guys?"
If you're picturing a orgy with hairy people holding shlongs, then it's not gender neutral.
"Guy" is used differently in different contexts, just like "girl".
If someone says "the girls had a sleepover" you know they're probably talking about female children. If someone's talking about a girls' night out, you know they're almost certainly talking about women.
"Would you have sex with a group of guys?” is using guy as a stand-in for man. But, if someone said "Guys, can we all just quiet down for a second so Stan can speak?" it's a synonym for "folks" or "people" or something gender-neutral.
Litmus test is the “Would you have sex with a group of guys?”
Dipping the tip into a group of guys and checking the color.
Based
You are correct but you can't get away from pedants online.
I know because I'm one of them.
Well then you're not my friend, guy.
He's not your guy buddy!
Oh no
Throwing a line from Hitman in the mix to make it more confusing:
“If it looks like a conspiracy, it probably isn’t.”
Why does it look like that then? Tananananana 🎵
I'm just glad to see "whoa" spelled correctly.
Conversely, everything is a conspiracy when you do understand how things work.
Underrated comment
Everyone's conspiring folks. What's hard to measure, is who's conspiring
It’s important to understand the prevalence of coincidence and incompetence. Humans are exceptional at pattern-finding – too good, really. In order to think critically, we need to recognise our own tendency to find patterns where none exist.
Good use of Keanu meme, as he recently fell for and is promoting a conspiracy theory (ancient civilizations).
Wrong use of meme
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