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minus-squaredownpunxx@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-21 年前If there’s magic, supernatural powers, or a force of any kind, it’s Science Fantasy
minus-squarebeteljuice@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 年前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.
minus-squareandthenthreemore@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 年前Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 年前Corrollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 年前Ooh, I could see that label ruffling a few feathers. Lol
minus-squarenyctre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 年前Where does the Witcher universe fall with its alien elves?
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?
What about force fields?
Where does the Witcher universe fall with its alien elves?
generic fantasy
The elves aren’t aliens, humans are.
Still high fantasy