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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

"A sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Does that apply to any universe or just Star Trek?

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Any universe. I recall reading a fun fantasy book that played with this idea under the premise of a guy who discovered he was in a simulation and hacked admin access, decided to go back into Arthurian medieval times to be a wizard with his new tech powers, and ended up there with a number of other sysadmins who had the same idea.

It wasn't the best written book, but the concept was definitely novel.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What's the name of this book?

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Off to Be the Wizard by Scott Meyer, part of his "Magic 2.0" series

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