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[of_deduction]

I'm going to need someone to explain the metrics of this place without mentioning the giant turtle. Before you ask; yes, I have seen it. Though seeing it does little to convince me of its authenticity. I'd never get very far if I took everything at face value.

That being said, Discussions on Science and verifiable facts only. if you intend to talk magic don't bother responding. Your input isn't needed.
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[spoilsfun]

Good luck getting any of that.

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[of_deduction]

Yes, you're right. I'm expecting way too much of these people.
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[purered]

I wish you the best of luck in finding what answers you seek, though you may find it difficult as many of us are practitioners of magic or magical arts.

[of_deduction]

Or so they say. I happen to be of the belief that "Magic" is just science one doesn't understood.
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[shirley_templar]

Can I write in English?

Okay yeah, I can write in English.

Anyway, I doubt you'll get a straight answer out of anyone. We Foreigners don't know because none of the natives of this place will give anything resembling a straight answer.

I will say though, based on my own experiences, science and magic have a weird way of blending together. People are always way too eager to assume one or the other, when they're almost always the same thing. I've had exposure to technology that people still think is magic, and can't adequately explain how it works.

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[of_deduction]

Good for you.

Magic that you can explain with science isn't magic. It's just science.
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[denyamenti]

[ So much squinting at this message. The absolute refusal to accept the existence of magic even when faced with it is hallmark to exactly one person he knows. ]

Kaiba?

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[of_deduction]

Sorry, what?
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[wrathfulkhan]

Oh, you're funny. I like you.

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[of_deduction]

Funny?

I'm trying to get to the bottom of this and you find it amusing?
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[peridiot]

[Oh, Sherlock. If only you could see who's on the other end of this text post.]

A verifiable fact is that people appear and disappear here, entirely without warning. I suspect localized wormholes, since warp pads don't seem to exist here.

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[of_deduction]

[ It's probably for the best that he can't right now. ]

Wormholes.

[ ...Okay. If the wormholes can be proven with science then he supposes that he can work with that. Maybe. ]

Wormholes aren't too common where I'm from-Usually only see them in Science Fiction.

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[commandandcontrol]

[ Wow, what a pompous jerk, Sonja thinks to herself with pretty much zero personal reflection. ]

How did you 'see' the turtle, exactly?

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[of_deduction]

I saw the head from a distance. Hardly enough to convince me.
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[highprofilerichkid]

lesson one: "magic" is just science you don't understand yet. trust me, I'm a physicist, some of this stuff is only a little bit weirder than the work I do at home.

[And some of it is a lot weirder, but, hey, baby steps.]

what do you want to know?

[And he almost leaves it at that, but... A few seconds later, another text message follows.]

wait, so, you've seen the turtle and you don't believe in it? what do you think it is?

[of_deduction]

[ Oh no he didn't. ]

I suppose you couldn't possibly know anything about me but the first thing you'll learn is that I have a passion for Definite and Exact Knowledge. I'm well aware that Magic explained by science is purely science. Saying something is magic is a poor and lazy way to go about an explanation and why I don't wish to speak with anyone willing to provide such a lazy answer.

And that said, Yes, I saw the turtle with my own eyes-no I don't believe it's a real turtle. Show me the x-ray and I may be willing to talk. The second thing you'll learn is that I don't theorize without data. Otherwise one is led to twist facts to suit theories, instead of theories to suit facts.
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[looksfine]

Purposely omitting an element of this world's culture and history runs the risk of leaving large gaps of data absent in any proper explanation.

However, if you are willing to accept that, then I would be willing to answer any scientific questions you may have about this world, its current geographical location, its biotechnological resources, and the local population.

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[of_deduction]

I'm not omitting anything. I simply won't accept a lazy explanation "Oh, it's magic." As far as I'm concerned, that's not an explanation.
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[isochrone]

I'm curious, how are you classifying what's magic and what's science? Just based on people's labeling it of one or another?

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[of_deduction]

[ Had this been on video she would see a very impressive eye roll from a fully grown man. ]

What I classify as magic is a phenomeon that happens that one can't logically explain or otherwise doesn't understand. Everything explained with logic and reason no matter how 'magical' it might seem.
SH

I AM SO SORRY

[celticromanstone]

Well, darling, the best place to learn about all these things is in the Fire District.

but for what?

[of_deduction]

Believe it or not, you've been the most helpful out of everyone save boy with the lab.
SH

[ruinsprofessor]

I own a small flying craft, with which I can take you aloft enough to verify the turtle's size and existence.

Further, I see you have the same misconception of magic that some others have. I define magic as the manipulation of specific energies by primarily mental means, to achieve a result not typically available by a person's physical power alone. Here, the term 'magic' is not typically used for that which can't be explained, but rather as a broad catch-all for any of those energy manipulations.

It is both observable and reproducible. I'm happy to demonstrate, if you like, but dismissing it out of hand is refusing to acknowledge a good portion of this world.

[of_deduction]

Apparently, I didn't word things correctly. I'm not refusing anything. The only thing I want to talk about is science so that I may draw my own clonclusions and make my own deductions. Before I'm willing to talk about even a remote possibility of magic, I must first have a basic understanding of the sciences involved as it seems to me there's quite a bit I have to learn.
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[redlightgreenlight]

If it is verifiable information and discussion you desire, I would recommend finding miss China Sorrows. She resides in the Fire Sector.

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[of_deduction]

Thank you.
SH

[shroudofgray]

What does science mean? Is it why you do not believe Tu Vishan is real even though you saw him?

[of_deduction]

The intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behavior of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment.
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