That doesn’t address the question of why magic exists (not to mention it falls afoul of Occam’s Razor). You seem to be answering a completely different question.
The question in the story and in this thread was “why purposeful complexity?” not “why magic?”
Your proposal is equally complex, if not more. What’s causing the hallucinations?
That doesn’t address the question of why magic exists (not to mention it falls afoul of Occam’s Razor). You seem to be answering a completely different question.
The question in the story and in this thread was “why purposeful complexity?” not “why magic?”
Your proposal is equally complex, if not more. What’s causing the hallucinations?