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<blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 8923885" data-attributes="member: 6779310"><p>The corollary to Asimov's Law: Any sufficiently systematic magic is indistinguishable from technology.</p><p></p><p>I did just that when I was 7. It worked just fine. I just had to follow the instructions in the kit.</p><p>I didn't need to know how the crystal worked, nor the way transistors worked. When I couldn't get it loud enough, I just tried adding a second battery... </p><p></p><p>AM radio is really simple.</p><p>Likewise, no knowledge of how my calculator works was needed to build it from the kit.</p><p></p><p>I've known a number of engineers. Grown up with way too many around; my dad's dress greens and dress blues had castles on the buttons¹. My dad didn't have a firm grip on all the chemicals he used, despite a masters in ChemE. And that lack of general knowledge in the field, both his, and the chemE types who developed it, over the effects of agent orange lead to him not having protective gear while supervising it's mixing, loading and use, leading to him getting Parkinsons. it was tuned by chemists who didn't have full understanding. (If they had full understanding, they'd probably not have released it for widespread use in the 'Nam war.)</p><p></p><p>The last 10 years of his life were drastically decreased in quality because of that lack of knowledge.</p><p></p><p>----</p><p>¹: The distinction for those commissioned into the US Army Corps of Engineers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="aramis erak, post: 8923885, member: 6779310"] The corollary to Asimov's Law: Any sufficiently systematic magic is indistinguishable from technology. I did just that when I was 7. It worked just fine. I just had to follow the instructions in the kit. I didn't need to know how the crystal worked, nor the way transistors worked. When I couldn't get it loud enough, I just tried adding a second battery... AM radio is really simple. Likewise, no knowledge of how my calculator works was needed to build it from the kit. I've known a number of engineers. Grown up with way too many around; my dad's dress greens and dress blues had castles on the buttons¹. My dad didn't have a firm grip on all the chemicals he used, despite a masters in ChemE. And that lack of general knowledge in the field, both his, and the chemE types who developed it, over the effects of agent orange lead to him not having protective gear while supervising it's mixing, loading and use, leading to him getting Parkinsons. it was tuned by chemists who didn't have full understanding. (If they had full understanding, they'd probably not have released it for widespread use in the 'Nam war.) The last 10 years of his life were drastically decreased in quality because of that lack of knowledge. ---- ¹: The distinction for those commissioned into the US Army Corps of Engineers. [/QUOTE]
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