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If you had to live in a fictional magical world, but you wouldn't be magical, what world would you pick? (lemm.ee)

submitted 10 months ago by JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Lath@kbin.social 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does Star Trek count as magical?

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I think it's just sci fi

[–] Lath@kbin.social 11 points 10 months ago (3 children)

But there's Q, the traveller, Wesley, that old guy who wiped out an entire species with a thought... Pretty magical stuff there...

[–] gregorum@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Any sufficiently advanced technology would appear as magic to the primitive. This is a theme repeated frequently in the show.

The life forms you mentioned are simply more advanced than humanity can comprehend, they are not magical.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

The Q are pretty fucking magical, to be honest. DeLancie's Q even suggests that all of their powers come from the mind, not from technology.

[–] Drusas@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago

Wow, I had completely forgotten about the Wesley Traveler thing.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You may be more familiar with it than me.

[–] Lath@kbin.social 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well then, I'd say this is a good excuse to familiarize yourself with it and tell me for sure.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'll leave it to your best judgement.

[–] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 3 points 10 months ago

My best judgment is that you should go and binge watch DS9 because that show is amazing.

[–] kromem@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago (1 children)

"A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

[–] Lath@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Does that apply to any universe or just Star Trek?

[–] kromem@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Any universe. I recall reading a fun fantasy book that played with this idea under the premise of a guy who discovered he was in a simulation and hacked admin access, decided to go back into Arthurian medieval times to be a wizard with his new tech powers, and ended up there with a number of other sysadmins who had the same idea.

It wasn't the best written book, but the concept was definitely novel.

[–] olizet42@feddit.de 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What's the name of this book?

[–] kromem@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer, part of his "Magic 2.0" series

[–] olizet42@feddit.de 2 points 10 months ago

Thanks!