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superior technology, artfully designed, is indistinguishable from magic.

of course the real magic is the vision and the ability to attract a level of skilled realisers of it.

i think steve has waited until he was really ready to do this.

now to see if his timing is on the money.

i guess yes.

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Mon Feb 1st, 2010 at 05:09:31 PM EST
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No, it is NOT :-) - despite the popularity of the claim. "Undistinguishable" to whom ? Maybe it would seem so to Ethan Nicholas' mom - but not to him, and not at all to Jonathon Ive, who could describe the principal ways in which it works, perhaps in ways that Nicholas' mom could begin to understand.  

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 04:37:08 AM EST
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so define magic then!

one definition might be: so far ahead of your present understanding that it might as well have just landed from space

:)

~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 07:23:28 AM EST
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I have already cited two main definitions of "magical" above. As I just pointed out, it depends on who "your understanding" refers to. It's not either complete understanding or totally mystified; there are many stages in between. Of course most of us understand the need to recharge it, avoid dropping it, etc. I don't think even Christian fundamentalists believe iphones work through angel power :-)

Maybe it's because I'm a Londoner - that I moved to Nice.
by Ted Welch (tedwelch-at-mac-dot-com) on Tue Feb 2nd, 2010 at 09:09:20 AM EST
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