If magic exploits our capacity to... unconsciously modify events in the ongoing world to form a story, even at the expense of everything we know to be possible... then we are indeed master editors, tirelessly working to communicate to others and ourselves a meaningful tale.

- September 24, 2024

If magic exploits our capacity to... unconsciously modify events in the ongoing world to form a story, even at the expense of everything we know to be possible... then we are indeed master editors, tirelessly working to communicate to others and ourselves a meaningful tale.
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If magic exploits our capacity to... unconsciously modify events in the ongoing world to form a story, even at the expense of everything we know to be possible... then we are indeed master editors, tirelessly working to communicate to others and ourselves a meaningful tale.

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