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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Baron Opal II" data-source="post: 8512487" data-attributes="member: 6794067">No, it's not. I think you are confusion magic with fiction.Psionics is technological the same way radio is. It is the interaction of a sapient mind with the four forces of the Universe. This interaction can be heightened or suppressed through technological devices or drugs that affect the mind in question. We may not understand the process wholly, but the Scientific Method can be applied to it. It is not supernatural for the forces utilized are part of Nature itself.Magic is the process of whatever your tradition says it is, usually with the assistance of a supernatural entity. It may or may not interact with the four forces beyond trying to overcome or supersede them. Tradition is usually much more important than experimentation or innovation, and the Scientific Method is marginally applicable. As these powers and effects come from forces outside or apart from Natural Law they are supernatural, by definition.They have different themes to them and one is inherently more limited in scope by implication. They are both fictional, however. This means we can define the processes how we wish. That said there is the strong implication that one is within and a part of the Universe and the other isn't.(And I'm replying pedantically to a five day old post, so, yeah...)</blockquote>