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<blockquote data-quote="Griffith Dragonlake" data-source="post: 3973697" data-attributes="member: 40379">And this is one of the reasons why I believe that magic is diametrically opposed to science, logic, and rationale.&nbsp; Consider magical thinking:Who would exhibit the greatest amount of magical thinking if not spellcasters?&nbsp; And in a society where magic is demonstrable, I believe that magical thinking would be prevasive and that science, logic, reason, mathematics, et al. would be quite rare.DrunkonDuty rightly pointed out that the Mediæval mindset is one of guilds jealously guarding their trade secrets.&nbsp; And consider Mediæval heraldry — the emblems are of creatures in static forms rather than natural ones.&nbsp; This reflected the Mediæval belief of continuity with the past rather than innovation.&nbsp; Consider the concept of a Golden Age found in the Greek and Latin writers as well as the Christian Church.&nbsp; Mediæval “intellectuals” looked to the past for the most part rather than the future.&nbsp; We remember the great forward thinkers of the Middle Ages who precipitated the Renaissance precisely because they were so rare.For these reasons, I believe that the more pervasive the magic the less technologically advanced the society is.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Griffith Dragonlake, post: 3973697, member: 40379"] And this is one of the reasons why I believe that magic is diametrically opposed to science, logic, and rationale. Consider magical thinking: Who would exhibit the greatest amount of magical thinking if not spellcasters? And in a society where magic is demonstrable, I believe that magical thinking would be prevasive and that science, logic, reason, mathematics, et al. would be quite rare. DrunkonDuty rightly pointed out that the Mediæval mindset is one of guilds jealously guarding their trade secrets. And consider Mediæval heraldry — the emblems are of creatures in static forms rather than natural ones. This reflected the Mediæval belief of continuity with the past rather than innovation. Consider the concept of a Golden Age found in the Greek and Latin writers as well as the Christian Church. Mediæval “intellectuals” looked to the past for the most part rather than the future. We remember the great forward thinkers of the Middle Ages who precipitated the Renaissance precisely because they were so rare. For these reasons, I believe that the more pervasive the magic the less technologically advanced the society is. [/QUOTE]

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