Post #132236
2026-01-14 16:31 UTC
Replies (10)
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@betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 2026-01-14 17:27
Clarke's Third Law: > Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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@SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2026-01-14 18:06
he's right. OP is now a frog.
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@donnachaidh@lemmy.world 2026-01-15 01:29
Nah, it's programmers. They write complex spells in esoteric languages to channel the power of lightning to do their bidding.
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@toynbee@lemmy.world 2026-01-15 17:26
I've always loved the Unix wizard poster. 
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@YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2026-01-15 03:13
I dunno where I heard this but "Any phenomenon that you cannot comprehend, is indistinguishable from magic." Imagine trying to explain electricity to a society that has both copper and magnets. You would be a legit wizard if you could make a spark.
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@TargaryenTKE@lemmy.world 2026-01-15 00:23
I've believed this ever since I saw my first NileRed video
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@SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-01-15 17:11
I am one, and it's the closest you can get to being a wizard. You use the in-depth knowledge and tools of your domain to do things the general population often doesn't fully understand and can't do well themselves, if at all. Sounds like wizards to me.
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@rockerface@lemmy.cafe 2026-01-14 22:47
*Wizard* and *wisdom* come from the same root, so yeah. A wizard is just a person that knows more than people around him. The wise person.
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@QuinnyCoded@sh.itjust.works 2026-01-15 07:00
related song: https://youtu.be/jX5MX1ScY9c
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@pir8t0x@ani.social 2026-01-15 17:34
It's more like a perspective than a theory