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Re:Is There an Artificial God? (1998) by PhasmaFelis on Monday May 09, 2016 @08:10PM (#11664314)
Hmm, not exactly, I think. If, I dunno, Merlin showed up in Times Square tomorrow and started summoning angels, that wouldn't mean that our world is a Lovecraftian place filled with unnatural phenomena forever beyond mortal comprehension; it would just mean that our models of reality didn't go far enough, and we need to do some research and start updating them.

I guess I'm saying that actual magic wouldn't be merely indistinguishable from sufficiently advanced science, it would be sufficiently advanced science. Magic is just the flashier, stagier term for the same thing.

Re:Is There an Artificial God? (1998) by deciplex on Monday May 09, 2016 @08:36PM (#11664419)
I don't disagree with you, but that's not what people usually mean when they say "supernatural" and this is what I was pointing out. Usually, it's taken to mean a bit of literally impossible nonsense that happens anyway.

You're right - once something actually happens it falls under the domain of science. Most people don't realize that, or they don't accept it.