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** Well, they only had early 20th century science at their disposal, and the [[Phlebotinum]] they took for studying evaporated in a matter of days. |
** Well, they only had early 20th century science at their disposal, and the [[Phlebotinum]] they took for studying evaporated in a matter of days. |
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** As with many Lovecraft stories, they comprehend enough to regret bringing science to the table. |
** As with many Lovecraft stories, they comprehend enough to regret bringing science to the table. |
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* [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]] in [[Harry Turtledove]]'s [[wikipedia:The Road Not Taken (short story)|The Road Not Taken]]. So much so that no race that discovers it ever invents anything afterwards, and so simple that most races discover it before inventing gunpowder. |
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* Played with in ''[[House of Leaves]]''. When material samples from inside the {{color|blue|house}} are analysed, the summary is that they're nothing out of the ordinary, chemically speaking. Oh, and by the way, that's a fascinating range you've got there. The oldest samples must have come from meteorites, because they're older than the solar system. Where did you say you found all these, Antarctica? |
* Played with in ''[[House of Leaves]]''. When material samples from inside the {{color|blue|house}} are analysed, the summary is that they're nothing out of the ordinary, chemically speaking. Oh, and by the way, that's a fascinating range you've got there. The oldest samples must have come from meteorites, because they're older than the solar system. Where did you say you found all these, Antarctica? |
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* [[Dresden Files]] plays with this. Magic has a tendency to screw with any kind of mechanical and electrical devices, in particular anything made from WWII onwards, so most methods for documenting magic just don't work, despite Dresden's attempts to go public. None of this stops Butters from trying, and he makes some noticeable strides. Wizard longevity is (probably) due to a lack of telomere shortening, for instance. |
* [[Dresden Files]] plays with this. Magic has a tendency to screw with any kind of mechanical and electrical devices, in particular anything made from WWII onwards, so most methods for documenting magic just don't work, despite Dresden's attempts to go public. None of this stops Butters from trying, and he makes some noticeable strides. Wizard longevity is (probably) due to a lack of telomere shortening, for instance. |
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