Magic vs. Science

Prof_Sai · 12-08-2014

Well, that's stretching the definition of "Science" to the limit. Why (and how?) would an organism evolve powers that it could never use, except in a situation that none of it's race had ever been in before? Has anyone tried eating moon rocks? Maybe that gives us superpowers!

The light from a red sun would resemble light from an incandescent bulb. Photons just don't carry that much energy. Stars emit neutrinos, but they carry next to no energy. To explain superman, you would have to invent so much babble that it might as well be magic.

EduartBoudewijn · 12-09-2014

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Originally Posted by Prof_Sai

To explain superman, you would have to invent so much babble that it might as well be magic.

That's pretty much the definition of science fiction

There is still at least an attempt to explain it logically; in magic there usually isn't one.

12-08-2014	#1
Prof_Sai Instigator Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Earth, mostly Posts: 5,875	Re: Magic vs. Science Well, that's stretching the definition of "Science" to the limit. Why (and how?) would an organism evolve powers that it could never use, except in a situation that none of it's race had ever been in before? Has anyone tried eating moon rocks? Maybe that gives us superpowers! The light from a red sun would resemble light from an incandescent bulb. Photons just don't carry that much energy. Stars emit neutrinos, but they carry next to no energy. To explain superman, you would have to invent so much babble that it might as well be magic.