Quotes / Magic from Technology

"Deus ex Mechanicus."

— Warhammer 40,000

"They use some kind of devices for their magic. I don't think it's the same as the l'Cie stuff."

— Sazh Katzroy, regarding the manadrives used by PSICOM, Final Fantasy XIII

"It's magic, Doctor Frankenstein!"
"No, not magic. It's science." [thunderclap]

— Once Upon a Time

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.
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.
Sheridan: Maybe, but God was there first and he didn't need solar batteries and a fusion reactor to do it.
Technomage: Perhaps. Perhaps not.

— Babylon 5, "The Geometry of Shadows"

Young Agatha Clay: But how can they protect me if they aren't here? That's illogical.
Uncle Barry: Um... It's science.
Young Agatha Clay: Ah. You mean you'll explain when I have a sufficiently advanced educational background.

— Girl Genius

FCG (Karkat): WE CAN ALCHEMIZE PRACTICALLY ANYTHING WITH THE RIGHT MATERIALS AND GRIST.
FCG: WE CAN, AND DID, MAKE SUPER POWERFUL WEAPONS AND ITEMS THAT CAN DO PRACTICALLY ANYTHING.
FCG: WHAT ADDITIONAL ADVANTAGE COULD MAGIC OFFER? ALL THIS SHIT IS PRACTICALLY MAGIC ANYWAY.
FCG: BUT MORE LIKE
FCG: GOOFY SCIENCEY MAGIC. YOU KNOW?

— Homestuck

GDI Soldier 1: What the hell is that?!
GDI Soldier 2: Looks like some kind of localized ion storm.
GDI Soldier 1: But that's impossible!
GDI Soldier 2: Tell that to the aliens!

— Two GDI soldiers discussing Sufficiently Advanced Alien technology, Command & Conquer: Tiberium Wars

"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, he would think it was technology."

— Outlast

"Science ahead of its time is always called magic."

— Rabbi Abraham Levi, The Ministry of Time

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