> Arthur C. Clarke, Granddaddy of SF, proclaimed that 'Advanced technology
> would appear as magic to the civilization without it' or something to
> that effect.
> My variation of this would be that the unexplained is always magic to the
> ignorant....
I'd hate to think that someone could have a memetic technology so beyond
our understanding that we might call it "magic".
And I'm sure the Shamans and witches stand behind me on this point.
-Prof. Tim