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1->''"[[MachineWorship Deus ex Mechanicus]]."''
2-->-- ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000''
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4->''"They use some kind of devices for their magic. I don't think it's the same as the [[TouchedByVorlons l'Cie]] stuff."''
5-->-- '''Sazh Katzroy''', regarding the manadrives used by PSICOM, ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII''
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7->''"It's magic, Doctor Frankenstein!"\
8"No, not magic. It's ''science''."'' [[[DramaticThunder thunderclap]]]
9-->-- ''Series/OnceUponATime''
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11->'''Sheridan:''' If we went back in time 1000 years and tried to explain this place to people, they could only accept it in terms of magic.\
12'''Technomage:''' Then perhaps it ''is'' magic. The magic of the human heart. Focused and made manifest by technology. Every day, you here create greater miracles than the burning bush.\
13'''Sheridan:''' Maybe, but God was there first and he didn't need solar batteries and a fusion reactor to do it.\
14'''Technomage:''' Perhaps. Perhaps not.
15-->-- ''Series/BabylonFive'', "[[Recap/BabylonFiveS02E03TheGeometryOfShadows The Geometry of Shadows]]"
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17->'''Young Agatha Clay:''' But how can they protect me if they aren't here? That's illogical.\
18'''Uncle Barry:''' Um... It's science.\
19'''Young Agatha Clay:''' Ah. You mean you'll explain when I have a sufficiently advanced educational background.
20-->-- ''Webcomic/GirlGenius''
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22->FCG (Karkat): WE CAN ALCHEMIZE PRACTICALLY ANYTHING WITH THE RIGHT MATERIALS AND GRIST.\
23FCG: WE CAN, AND DID, MAKE SUPER POWERFUL WEAPONS AND ITEMS THAT CAN DO PRACTICALLY ANYTHING.\
24FCG: WHAT ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE COULD MAGIC OFFER? ALL THIS SHIT IS PRACTICALLY MAGIC ANYWAY.\
25FCG: BUT MORE LIKE\
26FCG: GOOFY SCIENCEY MAGIC. YOU KNOW?
27-->-- ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}''
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29->'''GDI Soldier 1:''' What the hell is that?!\
30'''GDI Soldier 2:''' Looks like some kind of localized ion storm.\
31'''GDI Soldier 1:''' But that's impossible!\
32'''GDI Soldier 2:''' Tell that to the aliens!
33-->-- '''Two GDI soldiers''' discussing SufficientlyAdvancedAlien technology, ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerTiberiumWars''
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35->''"The doctor told me once that if you showed a caveman our technology, he would think it was magic. And that if you showed modern man magic, [[InvertedTrope he would think it was technology]]."''
36-->-- ''VideoGame/{{Outlast}}''
37
38->''"Science ahead of its time is always called magic."''
39-->-- '''Rabbi Abraham Levi''', ''Series/TheMinistryOfTime''

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