Comments on: 452: Thaumatological Review

By: Krail

Krail — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:05:04 +0000

I was under the impression that it wasn't just a matter of confirmation bias, but was also matter of learning to do magic with a sword. That is, the mage who believes the sword makes him better at magic will practice his magic more often with the sword. Thus as he practices and develops spells, the sword becomes incorporated into his spellcasting. You know? Like Mackenzie used her staff as a focus for her flamethrower. Our hypothetical mage uses the sword as part of his somatic component, as part of his focus for a spell. He just doesn't know how to do itas well without his usual focus.

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By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 20:24:07 +0000

tldr. Can't focus in lectures. What was the question that related to the plot. I skimmed but couldn't find it. Am I going to miss something important?

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By: europejskie dotacje

europejskie dotacje — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:00:29 +0000

You completed a lot of good points there.

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By: That Dave Guy

That Dave Guy — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:32:04 +0000

Excellent! I wish I had this guy as a prof. Also, while reading this, my mental picture of Goldman coalesced- I think he'd be played by David Mitchell, of Mitchell & Webb.

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By: Perry

Perry — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:42:31 +0000

Pretty sure that "unpredictable" is right there because it's accompanied by "be". You would jump around unpredictably, but you are unpredictable then.

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By: Matthew Tereau

Matthew Tereau — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 06:52:43 +0000

I didn't read all the comments, so I may have missed someone mentioning this. But apparently the wizard Lehane was batshit insane?

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By: Dashel

Dashel — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:48:22 +0000

I get an impression that the professor and his subject could be simply states as being, "The more precisely you attempt to define something, the less precise it is. Sort of like limits in Calculus. Two, played much D&D Miss Aerin?

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By: Gabor

Gabor — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 04:41:14 +0000

I'm not quite sure what you're trying to say there. I believe I said that we have those things here, what i was wondering is how you would learn to be an accountant or an architect, or any number of jobs that need a high understanding of math, I mean yes i bet you can solve it with magic, but unless the building is to be always supported by magic, then it still has to adhere to certain math related rules. Stuff that's not exactly taught at a lower level. basically I'm just wondering where the line is drawn between where "okay 2+2 is 4 that okay that not weird" and " that guy is into some weird voodoo stuff called 'kalculass'".

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By: jagroq

jagroq — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:12:12 +0000

we have those in our world too. they're either the guys that manage investment accounts or the guys on TV telling us not to buy tech stocks

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By: Gabor

Gabor — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:25:31 +0000

well I guess, what i mean is the main reason that math is important here is something that exists in the MU world too. Money. I'm sure banks still use math for loans, inverters, calculating return revenue on potential future endeavors, or do banks just use diviners to know what to do with their money.

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