The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Memes@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoA guide to figure out if you're watching scifi or fantasy:startrek.websiteimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11
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minus-squaredownpunxx@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIf there’s magic, supernatural powers, or a force of any kind, it’s Science Fantasy
minus-squarebeteljuice@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoSo we are living in science fantasy. No one has any idea where the four fundamental forces come from. They just “exist” like magical forces.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoOoh, I could see that label ruffling a few feathers. Lol
minus-squareThenThreeMore@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoCorrollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
If there’s magic, supernatural powers, or a force of any kind, it’s Science Fantasy
So we are living in science fantasy. No one has any idea where the four fundamental forces come from. They just “exist” like magical forces.
Ooh, I could see that label ruffling a few feathers. Lol
Arthur C. Clarke has entered the chat
What about force fields?
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke
Corrollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.