"Howard Brazee" <howard@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 3 Jan 2008 04:40:37 -0600, "Ken from Chicago"
> <kwicker1b_nospam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>>"Magic" has, is and continues to be used to refer to phenomena that
isn't
>>understood. "Unicorn" is not used to refer to cows or other multi-horned
>>animals with only one horn in view--or even rhinos.
>
> I don't see that magic is particularly not understood. Just because
> it is fictional doesn't mean it isn't understood.
And I would deem "magic" as depicted by Harry Potter or Dresden Files, or
D&D, etc. where it's measurable, repeatable, bound by in-depth complex
rules
as just a branch of "science", ala chemistry, astronomy, biology,
psychology, sociology, archaeology, geology, etc.
-- Ken from Chicago
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