From:	In search of a direction <WNEUMANN@******.BITNET>
Subject:	magic and tech.
Date:	Sun, 18 Oct 92 19:40:00 EDT

>>>>>[It is true that magic and technology are currently exclusive. The
interesting question is why is this so? Are we, for example, more than
the sum of our parts (ie. more than biological machines)? What is the
basic nature of "technology" that makes it incompatible with "magic"?
Saying "it is because it is" seems to be avoiding the question of why
this is so. So far it appears that the nescessary and sufficient conditions
of magic use are: a)biological constructs and b)natural constructs.
I contend that while these are sufficient conditions they are not nescessary
conditions. That it has been the case that technology and magic are
exclusive is not to be doubted. That it MUST be the case that they are
exclusive is dubious...

In short, what is the essential difference? Is there one, or are we
merely making a potentially invalid inference from past
experience?]<<<<<

-Phoenix <19:32:15/18-10-52>