The Picard Maneuver ( The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ) to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 years agoA guide to figure out if you're watching scifi or fantasy:startrek.websiteimagemessage-square12linkfedilinkarrow-up1343
arrow-up1343imageA guide to figure out if you're watching scifi or fantasy:startrek.websiteThe Picard Maneuver ( The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ) to Memes@lemmy.ml · 3 years agomessage-square12linkfedilink
minus-squaredownpunxx ( downpunxx@kbin.social ) BannedBannedlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 years agoIf there’s magic, supernatural powers, or a force of any kind, it’s Science Fantasy
minus-squarebeteljuice ( beteljuice@lemmy.ml ) linkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 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-squareThenThreeMore ( andthenthreemore@startrek.website ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 years agoAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
minus-squareMalgas ( Malgas@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 years agoCorrollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver ( The_Picard_Maneuver@startrek.website ) OPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoOoh, I could see that label ruffling a few feathers. Lol
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.
What about force fields?
Ooh, I could see that label ruffling a few feathers. Lol
Why?