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Scurrybt 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:34
Magic or Technology?
If you had to choose, would you want to live in a world full of magic or futuristic technology? Personally, I find worlds dominated by futuristic technology to be far more interesting, though either they are really grim or really hopeful.
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Ursprungligen skrivet av 𝔸𝕣𝕔𝕥𝕚𝕔 𝟙:
Magic is fantastical and often adds and element of mystery and whimsy in stories. However, technology is more practical in reality.

Unless magic can be used to teleport, a broom will be easily outmatched by future transportation.
Unless the magic is visually impressive, it would be difficult to convince others it’s working. Who would you trust more? The doctor who presented the x-ray that your broken leg is fixed, or the wizard who waved a stick and said it’s fixed.
I have yet to see a series featuring magic that goes to space? Different dimensions/portal gates, sure, but magic seems unfit for space travel.

That said, would the existence of magic be fun? I’m sure it would, be and it would certainly add an element of wonder that has been lost in todays world. Makes me think of Little Witch Academia, in some ways.
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Abaddon the Despoiler 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:36 
Magic. It can do things technology can't, and life is better with more mystery to it.
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B l u e b e r r y P o p t a r t 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:38 
Obviously magic. You would be able to do anything with magic. Fighting people with magic would be fun too.
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Q-T_3.14.exe 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:38 
I am gonna become a Telvanni Wizard.
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gugnihr 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:40 
Magic is much more fascinating, more interesting and more useful too.
Technology will always have limits, magic doesn't. Sometimes authors put limits to magic because without limits it would be hard to create stories (story: there were some problems, but everything was immediately solved with magic and everybody is happy now, end... see?) but in theory magic would not have any limit it is just authors of entertainment stuff that need to put limits to it... and anyway it is more fascinating for me usually even when they put limits to it.
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Pierce Dalton 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:41 
And what is the difference between magic and technology? =P

Once people understand "magic", they call it technology, science or whatever. While they don't understand it, they call it magic.
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Chaosolous 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:44 
Depends, how much does magic cost to use?
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Birds 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:45 
Why can't my magic fool the train, and also keep it on track and prevent mechanical failures?

Why can't my technological aptitude identify simple misconfiguration in leyline node networks from a systems design standpoint?
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Pierce Dalton 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:47 
Ursprungligen skrivet av Chaosolous:
Depends, how much does magic cost to use?

Your soul :skull_happy:
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Bad Aim 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:47 
It has been said that any technology, sufficiently advanced, would be indistinguishable from magic. Holding on to that theory, I would choose a very advanced technology. One that has not been shown in moves, TV, or other media.
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A&A 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:48 
Technology has always been interesting.
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Scurrybt 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:51 
Ursprungligen skrivet av secuda:
Magic is just tech that is far ahead of us and we dont know anything about it, so tech.
Great point! After all, superstitions are just aspects of science that are unexplored.
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Chaosolous 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:52 
I think I'd use magic to make technology that stops other magic.
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Birds 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:52 
Ursprungligen skrivet av Chaosolous:
I think I'd use magic to make technology that stops other magic.

So, illteracy magic?

Social magic?

...?
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Mr_Blank 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:53 
Magic, I want to teleport to Bangladesh and back
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Pierce Dalton 23 okt, 2023 @ 8:53 
Ursprungligen skrivet av Cernunnos:
It has been said that any technology, sufficiently advanced, would be indistinguishable from magic. Holding on to that theory, I would choose a very advanced technology. One that has not been shown in moves, TV, or other media.

I've read that quote before, and I couldn't agree more.

And funnily enough, something as trivial as a TV would be considered magical centuries ago.
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