Are the question "How DOES magic work?" and the question

No.

>>48687732
No

>>48687732
depends on the setting

>>48687732
>Are the question "How DOES magic work?" and the question "How SHOULD magic work?" literally the same question?
if you're making a setting, yes.
>Are a question of objective facts and a question of personal preference literally the same question?
no, but magic is fiction, so there are no objective facts about it.

>>48688133
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>>48688180
Then why do people on this board ask "How DOES magic work?" and then complain that the only correct answer is "Depends on the setting", as if we were supposed to guess they actually meant "How SHOULD magic work?"?

>>48691562
probably because different people ask the question than those who answer it. there may also be an implicit "in some specific setting" that the inquirer forgets to include.

>>48688180
>if you're making a setting, yes.
but you could make a setting with intentionally fucked up magic, and it's up to the players to unfuck it.

>>48687732
in a historical sense magic is the rules that govern the world and there manipulation. there are 2 general categories of these.
1.)finding cause and effect. forcing the cause and the effect will be inevitable
>cause enough smoke and you can make the sky rain
>roosters crow when the sun rises so making the rooster crow will force the sun to rise
2.)the idea that similar things can blend and be forced together. this is more similar to alchemy in the classical age of Greece and Rome.
>if we burn a tree underground we turn the rocks to coal
>sap and oil are flammable. mixing them will keep there flammability and make the product stick to surfaces and still be able to be workable

>>48687732
Wow he actually made a thread about it. Just let it go man. It doesn't matter

>>48687732
Remove magic from player hands and magic can do anything you require.

>>48692663
you've still answered both questions the same (how does magic work? how should magic work? poorly, sans intervention) you've just allowed for the answers to move from that starting point.

>>48687732
>Are the question "What IS the capital of Australia?" and the question "What SHOULD BE the capital of Australia?" literally the same question?

No, they are not the same question. The capital of Australia is Melbourne. But, in all honesty, the capital of Australia should be Sydney.

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>>48687732
>Are the question
>Are the question
>Are a question
No. Here's how you should have structured it:
>Are the questions "How does magic work?" and "How should magic work?" literally the same question?
>Are the questions "What is the capital of Australia?" and "What should be the capital of Australia?" literally the same question
>Are questions of objective facts and questions of personal preference literally the same questions?
And the answer is still "no," you doubly retarded, barely-disguised Australian shitposter. They aren't even technically the same question.

>>48695843
No, it should be Adelaide or Melbourne for their more centralized location, but it's actually Canberra.

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It's simple. Magic is cheat codes for the universe.