18 MAR 2012 by ideonexus The Telephone as Miracle
Crookes uses one daily, but is fascinated by it.
Folksonomies: technology,magic,miracle

06 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Electricity is Like Magic, but is Also Law
We cannot forget when we appreciate the wonder of our Universe that it is governed by laws, not magic.
Folksonomies: nature,laws,magic,electricity

03 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Alchemy VS Chemistry
An alien from a mideval society receiving instructions to build advanced technology from aliens finds their directions full of digressions and careful methodologies to verify chemical compositions, where his alchemists' instructions are much more simple and poetic.
Folksonomies: technology,alchemy,chemistry,magic

03 JAN 2012 by ideonexus A Primitive Alien Considers Human Visitors from Space
Their technology is not magic, he realizes, but, as a multi-bodied lifeform, he is deeply disturbed by our singleton nature.
Folksonomies: technology,magic,otherness

03 JAN 2012 by ideonexus Primitive Aliens Encountering a Laptop
Vinge describes a clan of alien wolflike being with mideval technology encountering a computer carried by a human alien visitor.
Folksonomies: technology,magic

21 APR 2011 by ideonexus Guy Steele on Programming as Magic
Programming computers provides the individual total control over a system, a kind of magic that appeals to young minds.
Folksonomies: computer science,magic