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Originally Posted by Ed
Hi Dave,
I see a multitude of possible responses to the answer to 1...
we could look at shifts of energy to more stable states such as those described by Gibbs (ΔG)...
we could look at the possibility of animating spirit such as seen in animism
we could also look at your possibility of magic (or a technology so advanced it seems to be magic).. at our discussion level we can't seperate them (we really can't seperate them from the second either)..
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Yep, it seems though even with Gibbs if we work it out far enough there is a point of failure where you are still left asking "well where did the potential energy come from, or why/how did it shift...In the end if you want an answer you have to invoke something akin/functionally equivalent to magic though even then I'm not sure you cover the fundamental "why"...There the answer seems to be basically to do something, to use the "magic" for some purpose...yet there we can only speculate as to that purpose, Unless magic (or whatever word you choose) itself is the purpose and also contains the meaning.
