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A L Katz | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3fe52772 Some people want ONLY the "magic" that comes from knowing nothing - when everything seems "magical". They can't conceive of the idea that knowledge itself has powerful - magical - qualities.
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c9c73e72 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @fcf6e9eb Beautifully put!
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A L Katz | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3fe52772 Thank you, Ricki!
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efc21fe4 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3fe52772 @fcf6e9eb beautifully put, from both of you, I believe
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e19b8e78 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @fcf6e9eb @3fe52772 And even if a rainbow isn't magical-wondrous when you know how it works, the processes behind how refraction works are in turn magical and wondrous. And so on down, the more physics (or whatever) you learn…