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Post by gabriael on May 15, 2015 15:24:15 GMT
Then Sorry, can't help you in universes that don't use the same fundamental building blocks of Magic that all our scientific theories on the Multiverse see as Universal. I need some other kind of free form Magic to compare them and see if I can't understand the overlying magic of that. I mean it's like Plato's Cave, isn't it? Except that the monkeys manipulating the objects AREN'T the final layer. The Monkeys have to be made of something more. We need to go higher.
So: Gimme shinies!
Oh and, why don't you try instantiating some dead people tony knows are really smart.
WAIT! I outcaved myself! Occam's Razor says you're Might based, because even if it's something else, it's too complicated and MUST reduce to simpler commands, but you don't have direct Access to any arcane Might. You can use Programs already implemented like mortals pushing buttons on their computers, but you can't write new ones! Just like the Superhero world I'm building!
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Post by Andrew on May 15, 2015 15:57:07 GMT
Wouldn’t it be equally Occamianly simple if Might was whatever-she-has based?
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Post by gabriael on May 15, 2015 19:19:40 GMT
She can't specify mathematical equivalence through a Similarity transformation, which is something mathematically simple, but she can comb through a planet for a vibranium shield with a message on it? Her system has a higher intrinsic complexity. Why would you build a lower complexity magic system out of a higher one?
On the other hand there's people who build turing machines with the physics engines of clonking games.
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Post by MagicPhD on May 18, 2015 4:03:51 GMT
If you can see the dead from my world, that would be a huge weight off my mind. I'm pretty sure souls don't exist in my universe, and we stop existing once we die. Knowing we won't end would be... marvelous.
How to check? Hmm, there are dead people from my world who have modified their minds to include extra functions which are almost useless. Is this enough info to scan for?
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Post by the keeper on May 18, 2015 11:48:44 GMT
The contents of minds are not easily apparent to me. What other distinctive features does your world have?
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Post by MagicPhD on May 18, 2015 12:21:04 GMT
None that I can think of.
Well, it was worth a shot.
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Post by Leaf on May 18, 2015 12:29:35 GMT
Didn't you say in the magic thread that your world has a kind of magic that behaves in a really idiosyncratic way governed by the behaviour of a unique subatomic particle? If my world has anything like mageons, I sure as hell haven't ever noticed. Is that the kind of thing the keeper can look for? Could you describe the structure and behaviour of mageons in more detail?
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Post by MagicPhD on May 18, 2015 12:44:44 GMT
Leaf, it looks like everyone here is running on different physics, and that doesn't seem to be enough for keeper.
But here are (some of) the details anyway.
They are a spin-0 , chargeless boson with rest mass of 2.1*10-49.
Any mageon has two additional properties: 'frequency' and 'color', both which can take on any real value.
The total energy of a mageon is E=\gamma m0 c2+ \hbar \nu+\eta \upsilon
where \gamma is the relativistic dilation factor, m0 is the rest mass, c is the speed of light, \hbar is Plack's constant, \nu is the frequency, \eta is the M-theory constant, and \upsilon is the color.
If you think knowing more would help, I can send you some texts about it: internet forums (especially those without Latex) are not a great place for technical discussions.
They interact with every other particle, as well as space/time. They primarily interact with other mageons in self-referential loops.
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Post by gabriael on May 18, 2015 12:48:38 GMT
Import Quickmark LaTeX ftw.
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Post by gabriael on May 18, 2015 12:49:55 GMT
You could still write in a TeX and the users could simply parse it with copy-paste. Or in their minds...
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Post by the keeper on May 18, 2015 13:15:57 GMT
It is possible that I might be able to locate your world on this basis. I will try.
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