17th April 2005, 6:40 PM
I'm not saying "most" here. But, that was said in absolutes, no? I'm only disputing that not EVERYONE would assume magic.
Greek fire was not assumed to BE magic though, that's the important thing. It was assumed a terrible weapon, and feared, but not magic.
And as for the DVD player... Yes, explaining it to them would be just like explaining one to a child, but I'm talking analysis. I did state that a logic-minded person would have to be the one to grab it.
Greek fire was not assumed to BE magic though, that's the important thing. It was assumed a terrible weapon, and feared, but not magic.
And as for the DVD player... Yes, explaining it to them would be just like explaining one to a child, but I'm talking analysis. I did state that a logic-minded person would have to be the one to grab it.
"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)