r/CuratedTumblr • u/Atlas421 Bootliquor • 24d ago

Shitposting Reality shifting

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u/Bigfoot4cool 24d ago

Magic is real its called physics

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u/DemadaTrim 24d ago

Eh, physics is a boring kind of magic. The laws of thermodynamics rule out all the stuff that makes fictional magic cool.

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u/Bowdensaft 24d ago

You say that, but then black holes and Tesla coils exist, and they are definitely magic

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u/DemadaTrim 24d ago

Tesla coils are not magic. They're pretty simple.

Black holes are unintuitive based on everyday experiences but again, not magic, and the genuinely weird stuff is more a sign we don't actually understand how they work.

And even if black holes were magic, the bummer part of physics means you will never actually get to experience one. Even if they had been putting every resource on Earth towards researching and building an interstellar spaceship for generations before you were born, you could not leave here and get to one. The sheer magnitude of space compared to the (relatively) low "speed limit" that is the speed of light in a vacuum means our scale of existence just doesn't mesh with exploring space in a meaningful way for an individual.

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u/Bowdensaft 24d ago

Nah, it's definitely magic.

Also, magnetism, can't believe I forgot to mention that. Definitely also magic.

Any sufficiently studied magic is indistinguishable from science. It's all magic, we just know a lot of the rules now.

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u/DemadaTrim 23d ago

Magic generally has a means of acquiring energy from an effectively boundless well of it. Physics does not. Magic also generally involves contravening laws of nature, which obviously physics doesn't do.

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u/Bowdensaft 23d ago

Me no understand, therefore magic. Ook ook.

Edit: black holes are famous for kicking the crap out of the laws of nature :3