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    The document discusses C.S. Lewis' view that science and magic are "twins" in three significant ways: 1) Science can offer an alternative to traditional religion, just as magic is understood through a religious lens. Some scientists view the universe as emerging from particles rather than a divine creator. 2) Both science and magic can spawn credulity, accepting explanations without full evidence. People tend to believe ideas that many others find convincing, even without proof. 3) Like magic which aims to control nature, science seeks power through understanding natural laws. While their methods differ, both pursue mastery over the physical world through their practices.

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    The document discusses C.S. Lewis' view that science and magic are "twins" in three significant ways: 1) Science can offer an alternative to traditional religion, just as magic is understood through a religious lens. Some scientists view the universe as emerging from particles rather than a divine creator. 2) Both science and magic can spawn credulity, accepting explanations without full evidence. People tend to believe ideas that many others find convincing, even without proof. 3) Like magic which aims to control nature, science seeks power through understanding natural laws. While their methods differ, both pursue mastery over the physical world through their practices.

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    The document discusses C.S. Lewis' view that science and magic are "twins" in three significant ways: 1) Science can offer an alternative to traditional religion, just as magic is understood through a religious lens. Some scientists view the universe as emerging from particles rather than a divine creator. 2) Both science and magic can spawn credulity, accepting explanations without full evidence. People tend to believe ideas that many others find convincing, even without proof. 3) Like magic which aims to control nature, science seeks power through understanding natural laws. While their methods differ, both pursue mastery over the physical world through their practices.

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    Magicians Twin

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    The document discusses C.S. Lewis' view that science and magic are "twins" in three significant ways: 1) Science can offer an alternative to traditional religion, just as magic is understood through a religious lens. Some scientists view the universe as emerging from particles rather than a divine creator. 2) Both science and magic can spawn credulity, accepting explanations without full evidence. People tend to believe ideas that many others find convincing, even without proof. 3) Like magic which aims to control nature, science seeks power through understanding natural laws. While their methods differ, both pursue mastery over the physical world through their practices.

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    Garcia, Abegail G.

    Talaran, Jhona C.
    CBET-01-302P
    “The Magician’s Twin”

    When we talk about science, it obviously states that it has enough evidence to

    support a claim. Now, you might be wondering why science or scientist(s) is called “the

    magician’s twin” when magic is not supported with any evidence, right? According to

    Lewis, science is supposed to be the realm of the rational, the skeptical, and the objective.

    Whereas, magic is supposed to be the domain of the dogmatic, the credulous, and the

    superstitious. Thinking about that, the definition of science and magic are different or

    contrasting with each other. However, Lewis stated that the serious magical endeavor

    and the serious scientific endeavor are twins and this is supported by three significant

    claims: science as religion, as credulity, and as power.

    According to Lewis, Modern Science can offer a similarly powerful alternative to

    traditional religion. Religion is the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling

    power, especially a personal God or Gods. To make it simple, religion talks about a

    person’s faith in God. In a biblical way of thinking, it is easier to understand that God

    created the universe through his power which is understood to be magic but there are

    several scientists who formulated a claim in contrary to the biblical teachings. One of them

    is Michael Dowd who believed that God is simply a myth. According to him, God is not a

    person. Instead, He is a personification of one or more deeply significant dimensions of

    reality. Hence, all the things that we see in the universe is what matter has done and not

    God. Another scientist is Phillip Johnson who stated; “in the beginning were the particles.

    And the particles somehow become complex living stuff. And the stuff imagined God, but
    then discovered evolution.” Despite these claims, it is still believed that science and magic

    are interrelated with one another through religion where in God used His magic to create

    the universe and Science’s primary explanation to how the world started is also based on

    religion.

    The second claim of Lewis in comparing science and magic is through credulity.

    Credulity is the tendency to be too ready to believe that something is real or true. Lewis

    stated that scientific thinking no less than magical thinking can spawn a kind of credulity

    that accepts every kind of explanation no matter how poorly grounded in facts. In general

    thinking, this explains that we believe in the thinking of the majority. If a thing seemed

    obviously true to a hundred men, then it was probably true in fact. Credulity is somehow

    like theory where in there are several theories that doesn’t have enough evidence to

    support or to prove a fact; however, we still believe in it when we observe or realize that

    a lot of people believes in it. Similarly, magic doesn’t have evidences with regards to its

    credibility but we still believe that magic exist as it is the belief of the majority.

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