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minus-squaredownpunxx@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoIf there’s magic, supernatural powers, or a force of any kind, it’s Science Fantasy
minus-squarebeteljuice@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·10 months 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-squareThenThreeMore@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoCorrollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·10 months agoOoh, I could see that label ruffling a few feathers. Lol
minus-squareNorgur@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoArthur C. Clarke has entered the chat
minus-squarenyctre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoWhere does the Witcher universe fall with its alien elves?
minus-squarepaholg@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThe elves aren’t aliens, humans are.
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.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke
Corrollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
Ooh, I could see that label ruffling a few feathers. Lol
Arthur C. Clarke has entered the chat
Why?
Where does the Witcher universe fall with its alien elves?
generic fantasy
The elves aren’t aliens, humans are.
Still high fantasy
What about force fields?