Magic Versus Science: Difference between revisions

The modern scientific community is highly skeptical toward claims of the paranormal, and largely disbelieves in the existence of [[Functional Magic|magic]]—albeit because magical practices, such as drinking willow bark tea for headaches, become science when proven. While, for the scientists, this is just a question of evidence (and science has no problem over time accepting counter-intuitive phenomena like radioactivity, meteorites, hypnosis and superconductivity....eventually....when there ''is'' evidence), [[Did Not Do the Research|some people interpret it to mean]] that science and magic are fundamentally opposed. Some authors will then transplant this opposition into a [[Speculative Fiction]] setting: [[Functional Magic|Magic really does exist]], but [[Harmony Versus Discipline|for whatever reason]], it's not on speaking terms with Science or Technology. However, what many Anti-Magic Scientists and Anti-Science Magicians seem to forget is that since most magic systems [[Magic A Is Magic A|follow a set of rules]], magic itself [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic|can be seen as a form of science.]] Nonetheless, one should not expect different types of magic systems to be reconcilable, [http://everything2.com/title/Resolving+disparate+magic+systems+when+forced+to except when they are.] Interestingly enough, in pre-scientific times, all of the modern sciences, all forms of industry, and the very laws of nature itself [https://web.archive.org/web/20091116022328/http://www.scribd.com/doc/2868464/Magic-in-Games were considered to be magic.]