mm. I feel some kind of dissatisfied with the naming situation but it’s (probably?) not actually important. I agree wizard feels righter-in-those-cases but wronger in some other ones.
Although, I think I’m now tracking a bit more subtlety here than I was before.
A distinction here is “ability to turn knowledge into stuff-happening-in-the-world”, and “ability to cause stuff happening in the world.” Does a very strong or dextrous person have more X-power than a weaker/clumsier person, all else equal? (I think your answer is “yes”, but for purposes of the-lacking-in-your-soul there’s an aesthetic that routes more through knowledge?)
Does a very strong or dextrous person have more X-power than a weaker/clumsier person, all else equal?
I think that’s a straightforward yes, for purposes of the thing the post was trying to point to. Strength/dexterity, like most wizard powers, are fairly narrow and special-purpose; I’m personally most interested in more flexible/general wizard powers. But for me, I don’t think it’s a-priori about turning knowledge into stuff-happening-in-the-world; it just turns out that knowledge is usually instrumental.
mm. I feel some kind of dissatisfied with the naming situation but it’s (probably?) not actually important. I agree wizard feels righter-in-those-cases but wronger in some other ones.
Although, I think I’m now tracking a bit more subtlety here than I was before.
A distinction here is “ability to turn knowledge into stuff-happening-in-the-world”, and “ability to cause stuff happening in the world.” Does a very strong or dextrous person have more X-power than a weaker/clumsier person, all else equal? (I think your answer is “yes”, but for purposes of the-lacking-in-your-soul there’s an aesthetic that routes more through knowledge?)
I think that’s a straightforward yes, for purposes of the thing the post was trying to point to. Strength/dexterity, like most wizard powers, are fairly narrow and special-purpose; I’m personally most interested in more flexible/general wizard powers. But for me, I don’t think it’s a-priori about turning knowledge into stuff-happening-in-the-world; it just turns out that knowledge is usually instrumental.