How high-tech does something have to be to get messed up by magic?
I'm guessing clockwork and mechanical mechanisms barely at all, basic electronics a little, transistors moderately and complex computers significantly?
I am reminded of what is known as "Streetlight interference phenomenon", where streetlights either come on or off as people walk under them. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light_interference_phenomenon) Weirdly, I used to be able to do this myself, but only before the streetlights changed from the old sodium arc lamps to LEDs. I noticed that if I had a particularly strong emotion in mind, the lights were far more likely to go off, so I'm assuming this was some etheric effect?
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Re: Magic and electronics
Date: 2023-03-20 10:07 pm (UTC)I'm guessing clockwork and mechanical mechanisms barely at all, basic electronics a little, transistors moderately and complex computers significantly?
I am reminded of what is known as "Streetlight interference phenomenon", where streetlights either come on or off as people walk under them. (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_light_interference_phenomenon) Weirdly, I used to be able to do this myself, but only before the streetlights changed from the old sodium arc lamps to LEDs. I noticed that if I had a particularly strong emotion in mind, the lights were far more likely to go off, so I'm assuming this was some etheric effect?
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