Asking "is magic real?" is an inherent misunderstanding of what both "magic" and "real" are.
Yes. No. Either. Both. It's missing the point.
(Same for "god(s)")
Hi my name's katt and I feel like I've broken the universe a little.
@starkatt Don't worry. It needs breaking every now and then.
@starkatt y’know, if you’re gonna change the fabric of reality, you should probably at least have a burrito, a beer or a cigarette to bridge the gap.
@starkatt the difference between a lot of belief structures turns out to be a disagreement over what constitutes existence
@starkatt the funny thing is, the fundamental uncertainty of things is backed up by the hardest of science, from the scale of multiple universes to the particles that make up quarks, and across the vague understanding we have of time. not to mention that the vast majority of what we think of as "reality" in the orthocosm is a series of communal agreements, tricks of perception based on our history and tribal conditioning which can vary wildly with only slightly different angles of belief...
@green there's a reason I have a necker cube tattoo :)
@starkatt *dances fifth-dimensionally* :)
The idea that things either Are or Aren't isn't a necessary, inherent feature of the universe. It's a philosophical claim.
One that's been presupposed by an entire culture and canon of philosophical thought, sure. But it's an ideology, not a conclusion.