The Picard Maneuver to [email protected] • 2 years agoA guide to figure out if you're watching scifi or fantasy:startrek.websiteimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1578arrow-down124
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minus-squaredownpunxxlinkfedilink16•edit-22 years agoIf there’s magic, supernatural powers, or a force of any kind, it’s Science Fantasy
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•2 years 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-squareThenThreeMorelinkfedilinkEnglish5•2 years agoAny sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke
minus-squareMalgaslinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 years agoCorrollary: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
minus-squareThe Picard ManeuverOPlinkfedilink3•2 years agoOoh, I could see that label ruffling a few feathers. Lol
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 years agoWhere does the Witcher universe fall with its alien elves?
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