Technology Is More Like Magic Than Like Science

So said Peter Kreeft, commenting on three very deep sentences from C.S. Lewis on the problems and solutions of the human condition.

Suppose you are asked to classify four things –

  • religion,
  • science,
  • magic, and
  • technology.

– and put them into two categories. Most people would choose “religion and magic” and “science and technology”. Read Justin Taylor’s short article to see why the deeper commonalities are between “religion and science” and “magic and technology”.

One thought on “Technology Is More Like Magic Than Like Science

  1. That’s an insightful way to classify them; I’ll have to read the whole book. Have you read “The Flying Sorcerers” by Niven? A numerous piece of science fiction, but I think I understand it better now.

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