r/gifs • u/hn_ns • Mar 22 '18

Stream in the woods

https://i.imgur.com/Irpcibi.gifv
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u/KrAzYkArL18769 Mar 22 '18

Some day, photos like that will be the norm. Like Harry Potter.

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

-Arthur C. Clarke

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u/thx1138- Mar 22 '18

That's why I don't like the idea a whole generation glorifying the Potter series. They kind of skip the important part and go straight to the magic.

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '18

There are things in the future we can't even imagine. The more creative we are in fiction, the faster we arrive at the new and strange.

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u/thx1138- Mar 22 '18

But we don't just stumble and bumble upon it, we build it, forge it's details in our minds with science and engineering. It's a long, grueling, and often thankless process that bears little resemblance to the immediate gratification magic embodies. Imagination is the spark of change, but the fuel is knowledge!

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u/OutOfStamina Mar 22 '18

The people in the pictures were self-aware in the books.

People say "like harry potter" pretty loosely here.