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by yesbabyyes 3474 days ago
Not the only one - I agree. Actually I think Clarke's third law is wrong (Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic):

Technology is magic. The reason why many people get uncomfortable when speaking of magic is that they think it's something otherworldly, and thus non-existent.

But magic is what we do, it's just a mystery for those who don't know the incantations and methods. That goes for technology as well as rhetoric, or medicine, or politics or what have you.

We even call it magical but it's somehow OK only if we don't really mean it. :-D