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From: Damion Milliken <u9467882@***.EDU.AU>
Subject: Re: Reality doesn't bite
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 1994 00:27:32 +1000
Darth writes:

> But it all comes down to the same thing, as the laws of nature
> are the laws of science. Science seeks to understand how nature works, it
> doesnt create its own laws - that would have no meaning. So according to
> this magic is just another form of science, as it follows the same laws
> that our run of the mill modern day science does.

Well, follow laws maybe, but not neccessrily the same laws as regular
science does. Else if you were invisible, as someone argued before, you
would not be able to see. From this I would conclude that some different
natural law(s) apply to magic.

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Damion Milliken University of Wollongong e-mail: u9467882@***.edu.au

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