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That Magician Ain't Real!
Episode 179

That Magician Ain't Real!

Young Heretics · Spencer A. Klavan

March 12, 202458m 48s

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Show Notes

These days we tell a tidy little story: once there was magic, now there's reason. But there's another, older story that might be closer to the truth: once there was fake magic, now there's real magic. In fact, not only is that the story that many luminaries of the scientific revolution told--it's also a story that extends back before the scientific revolution, to the days of Merlin and King Arthur in the Medieval chronicles of English history. Scientists, meet Merlin: you guys have a lot in common.

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