• dariusj18@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I would argue that most magical fantasy eventually starts treating magic as science. If you live in a world where chanting can summon water, that can be studied scientifically.

    It would be quite hard for magic to be unscientific. I’ve bandied about a story setting where magic works until you figure out why it works, then it stops working. This eventually devolved into a reverse arms race where factions are researching magic to deny its use to their enemies.