Re:Recognizing magic as a rare and valuable art form and nat...
by tazjin on Monday April 25, 2016 @10:55AM
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If magic existed it would, by definition, be neither impossible nor supernatural.
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Re:Recognizing magic as a rare and valuable art form and nat...
by ealexhudson on Monday April 25, 2016 @10:58AM
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Thanks for explaining that to me.
The ordinary experience for someone viewing a magic act is that something impossible has happened. The fact that we know, logically, that it cannot be the case doesn't change the fact that what we experience is impossible. It's unexplainable by the majority of viewers.
If the argument is "magic doesn't exist, therefore what you experienced is entirely normal and unremarkable" then frankly the interlocutor just don't get the point of why people watch magic.