On Creating a Fantasy World

[ialsop]

I don’t know how many times I have to repeat this common concept to you:

In fantasy, ‘Hocus pocus bs’ IS science. Here’s another example, if you spoke to a 15th century peasant about the possibility of self-moving carriages, they’d think you a sorcerer.

From this, imagine a future where a mere tattoo can allow you to move things merely by thought. This fits every definition of magic (or what you call ‘hocus pocus bs’). But despite that, it is rendered possible simply because people worked tirelessly to perfect the technology behind it.

Using your previously demonstrated logic, I am usurping God simply because I figured out a way to manipulate science to a greater level.

So, still don’t see yourself as anti-scientific?

Ah, thank you! You finally gave me an example. A tatoo that allowed you to move stuff by thinking. Yes, that might one day be scientifically possible. Not sure how, but maybe? That would have to technologize our brains themselves which might be creepy…but we’d have to see. I wonder how that would work.
And no, i still hold that i am not anti science.

 

[Lost_Wanderer]

Ah, thank you! You finally gave me an example. A tatoo that allowed you to move stuff by thinking. Yes, that might one day be scientifically possible. Not sure how, but maybe? That would have to technologize our brains themselves which might be creepy…but we’d have to see. I wonder how that would work.
And no, i still hold that i am not anti science.

You are if your knee-jerk reaction to using magical powers in fantasy is the peasant argument that fantastical abilities are only reserved for God. Again, I invoke Clarke’s Third Law. Any sufficiently advanced technology might as well be called magic.

 

[ialsop]

You are if your knee-jerk reaction to using magical powers in fantasy is the peasant argument that fantastical abilities are only reserved for God. Again, I invoke Clarke’s Third Law. Any sufficiently advanced technology might as well be called magic.

Ah, but did i not express interest in seeing how that would work? Im curious as to the science of that. You the one refusing to consider that…already multiple times youve refused to speculate the science of such things…

 

[Cocoa_Cat]

Powdered_Sugar did you get your book published? I’d like to read it.

 

[ialsop]

Wow this is an old thread to resurrect… It’s a year and a half old.

Some thoughts(I had to reread every post to even remember what this was about).

1. My grammar was so horrible back then. I mean it still is…but…
2. My style of arguing is even worse.
3. I still hold by what I said-but I said it so…unintelligent Ah old self.
4. Yes, I am very curious to hear how this developed, or didn’t?
5. I am happy to see Lost Wanderer banned…didn’t notice that. We clashed.