From:	Evan Hughes <ehughes@****.carleton.ca>
Subject:	Re: New plot
Date:	Wed, 20 Mar 96 14:21:03 EST

Justin Fang writes:
> people is very very good in their area of specialization: biotechnology,
> including genetic engineering and related fields. In any other field, their
> competence ranges from okay to terrible to none. Specifically, they aren't
> exceptional at magical research, and I don't *want* to make them exceptional
> at magical research, which I would have to if they need to do some sort of
> magic in order to produce the artificial people. I'm trying to avoid the
> "we can do *everything* well" munchkinism here. I think it's best to just
> leave the whole "spirit" issue vague.

Uh, check out 2XS. Magic is used in the general sciences as an everyday
tool. It's theory and use would probably be taught alongside simple
biology in university...


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