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Katie 🍋 · 11 answers · 3y

What's the closest thing to real magic?

Chemistry, maybe... broad topic, I know. It means IDK shit.

Other than that, filming in general seems rather 'magical' to me. Taking photos, and recording.. it looks exactly like it did when it happened.

Wait, I thought of a good one. Mind reading technology. It may rock this world pretty hard someday, in a scary way.

having to return an appliance and everything fits back into the box exactly how it was when you brought it home

Real magic is the closest thing to real magic. It's not impossible, it's just rare in this world. Then there are all kinds of things that are normal in this world that are close to magic or are actually magical but don't overtly violate the principles of physics so they're easy to mundanify. I talk a lot about this subject here: https://philosophy.inhahe.com/2018/04/13/notes-on-science-scientism-mysticism-religion-logic-physicalism-skepticism-etc/#Magic

Art - creating something out of nothing
Science - manipulating the elements
Demonology/Ouji boards and stuff - dark magic (I don't mess with that sh*t)

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