16th April 2005, 10:19 PM
And what is the evidence of this apparent law? I have in fact heard the quote, but I was under the impression it was just a silly thing tossed into bad sci-fi movies and books.
But yeah, if they went and made a scientific explanation for magic, I'd hate them for that too.
But yeah, if they went and made a scientific explanation for magic, I'd hate them for that too.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)