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    Do you believe magic or science ?

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    I believe in magic

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    Quote Originally Posted by emma55 View Post
    I believe in magic
    then don't bother to choose if it's jug band music or rhythm 'n blues just go and listen...
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    Both.
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    "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke

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    Quote Originally Posted by ron ll View Post
    "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke
    That.

    :-)

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    "any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology." the republican party

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    I belive in magic brownies.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ron ll View Post
    "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Arthur C. Clarke
    and there seems to be a lot of people using sophisticated technology who cannot tell the difference.
    It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peerie Maa View Post
    and there seems to be a lot of people using sophisticated technology who cannot tell the difference.
    Of course :-)

    But note a corollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced :-D

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaa View Post
    Of course :-)

    But note a corollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced :-D

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    You mean like building a Boat ? I will build my boat with magic. It is much more easy for me to believe in magic then to understand math . Or even to read . I love magic. It makes everything A OK
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    I believe in Miracles

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    Quote Originally Posted by emma55 View Post
    You mean like building a Boat ? I will build my boat with magic
    Without pictures, it did not happen.
    It really is quite difficult to build an ugly wooden boat.

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    Quote Originally Posted by emma55 View Post
    You mean like building a Boat ? I will build my boat with magic. It is much more easy for me to believe in magic then to understand math . Or even to read . I love magic. It makes everything A OK
    We've seen pics of such a boat around here...named, "Blind Faith", or some such!
    When you get get yours built, please sail it far far out into the ocean!

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    Quote Originally Posted by emma55 View Post
    You mean like building a Boat ? I will build my boat with magic.
    Sure, as long as it's proper magic and not just some shoddy second-rate make-believe stuff :-)

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    hogwarts school of boat building

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaa View Post
    Sure, as long as it's proper magic and not just some shoddy second-rate make-believe stuff :-)

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    Nice , good come back . " There are thinkers on the Earth "

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    Quote Originally Posted by emma55 View Post
    Nice , good come back . " There are thinkers on the Earth "
    Like I have said before . This should be like boxing at the Y. We don't hate each other. But we need to punch each other

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    Quote Originally Posted by emma55 View Post
    Nice , good come back . " There are thinkers on the Earth "
    Why, I believe I'm being encouraged :-D

    Quote Originally Posted by emma55 View Post
    Like I have said before . This should be like boxing at the Y. We don't hate each other. But we need to punch each other
    More like fencing. Parry, lunge, cut. "It's only a flesh wound!" :-D

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    I'd like to believe in magic because it doesn't scare me as much as science. But I don't.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cuyahoga Chuck View Post
    I'd like to believe in magic because it doesn't scare me as much as science. But I don't.
    { Big Smile }

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    Who needs magic when you have science?

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    One requires the misapprehension of cause and effect. The other seeks to define it. Hence the collision with religion.

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    Quote Originally Posted by davebrown View Post
    One requires the misapprehension of cause and effect. The other seeks to define it. Hence the collision with religion.
    Wow . A person of thought . nineteen words that sit me on my Butt

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    I don't like you, emma, but your not on my ignore list yet. Yes, there is a universal conscience. Call it what you will.Not magic, but Karma.Read and learn...or listen. OTOH..
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    I you want to build something that works, I'd recommend science. If you prefer magic, please don't try to build any physical objects that human beings will rely on.

    "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations,
    for nature cannot be fooled."

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    electricity is magic, tax forms are science. No, the other way around.

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