It is, and scientists have proved it. The placebo effect. Thoughts made manifest into reality. We have conclusively demonstrated that thanks to the placebo effect, a druid casting an incantation over your injury will cause you to heal faster. Magic is real.
Sure it is. I bet you’re thinking that it can’t be magic because it’s explained by a scientific mechanism. But that’s silly. Science is a tool for understanding the world. If magic is part of the world, then magic must be explainable by science. If you choose to define magic as impossible to explain with science, then you’re choosing not to believe in magic. But if you choose to believe that magic runs on predictable laws (which most people throughout history have believed), then you can believe in magic.
It would be nice if magic in any form is real
It is, and scientists have proved it. The placebo effect. Thoughts made manifest into reality. We have conclusively demonstrated that thanks to the placebo effect, a druid casting an incantation over your injury will cause you to heal faster. Magic is real.
I don’t think that’s how that works
Sure it is. I bet you’re thinking that it can’t be magic because it’s explained by a scientific mechanism. But that’s silly. Science is a tool for understanding the world. If magic is part of the world, then magic must be explainable by science. If you choose to define magic as impossible to explain with science, then you’re choosing not to believe in magic. But if you choose to believe that magic runs on predictable laws (which most people throughout history have believed), then you can believe in magic.