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On 2008-01-03, David DeLaney <dbd@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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allegedly proclaimed to rec.arts.sf.written:
> On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 01:40:14 GMT, Wayne Throop <throopw@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
>>No, magic has been a handy label for a kind of causality that is
>>appealing to animists and numerologists and other folks who see symbols
>>and homunculi in everything, that turns out not to be the case.
>>
>>( Yes, I realize I'm using "homunculi" in a slightly non-standard,
>> generalized way, to mean seeing "little men" in everything, rather
>> than just inside bigger men, gametes, or the like. But that's what
>> magic is all about; supposing phenomena are best explained by
>> symbolic connections and intelligent agency. )
>
> Might "anthropomorphism" be a slightly better descriptive term for that
part
> then?
>
> Dave "my paycheck WANTS to be delivered, but is being held up by the
company"
> DeLaney
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