The Picard Maneuver@startrek.website to Memes@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoA guide to figure out if you're watching scifi or fantasy:startrek.websiteimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1607arrow-down126
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minus-squaredownpunxx@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·edit-21 year agoIf there’s magic, supernatural powers, or a force of any kind, it’s Science Fantasy
minus-squarebeteljuice@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoSo we are living in science fantasy. No one has any idea where the four fundamental forces come from. They just “exist” like magical forces.
minus-squareThenThreeMore@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
minus-squareMalgas@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoCorrollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
minus-squareThe Picard Maneuver@startrek.websiteOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoOoh, I could see that label ruffling a few feathers. Lol
minus-squarenyctre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhere does the Witcher universe fall with its alien elves?
minus-squarepaholg@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThe elves aren’t aliens, humans are.
If there’s magic, supernatural powers, or a force of any kind, it’s Science Fantasy
So we are living in science fantasy. No one has any idea where the four fundamental forces come from. They just “exist” like magical forces.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke
Corrollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
Ooh, I could see that label ruffling a few feathers. Lol
Arthur C. Clarke has entered the chat
Why?
What about force fields?
Where does the Witcher universe fall with its alien elves?
generic fantasy
The elves aren’t aliens, humans are.
Still high fantasy