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#281926 Count Dorku Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:38:50 PM from a Time of Eclipse

I would point out that whenever Twilight starts maintaining that all forms of magic are scientific and predictable, Pinkie gets a twitchy tail and then an anvil falls on Twilight's head.

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edited 11th Sep '12 6:39:27 PM by CountDorku

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#281927 condottiera Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:40:05 PM from Chicago

You and The Muppets, man.

I'm starting to think you may have a problem.

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#281928 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:40:30 PM from Singapore

I counterpoint that Pinkie is just a high-tier ESPer and she can see the random event flags tripping. Also she has the power to see past the Fourth Wall.

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#281929 Count Dorku Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:40:46 PM from a Time of Eclipse

Only one?!

You vastly underestimate the number of my dysfunctions.

Kindly explain for the class how ESP is not a form of magic. Points will be deducted for every time you make up a new particle.

edited 11th Sep '12 6:41:26 PM by CountDorku

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#281930 Applelight Limited Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:41:35 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Ace! Just the man I need to see!

Would you recommend a graphics tablet if I was making a comic?

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#281931 condottiera Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:42:16 PM from Chicago

@Count: The problem is YOU!

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#281932 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:42:25 PM from Singapore

Florence

and Agatha

back up my summations.

Also it explains why Big Mac is so strong, imagine the volume of coinage he has to haul for various things.

@Apple: Heya! A drawing tablet helps quite a bit in getting your art on the screen directly. Much easier than a mouse, too.

edited 11th Sep '12 6:43:16 PM by AceOfScarabs

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#281933 Count Dorku Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:44:31 PM from a Time of Eclipse

That doesn't back up anything at all! Neither of those take place in the same universe as ponies.

Unfortunately.

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#281934 Perpetual Lurker Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:45:11 PM

I'm sure equestrian currency has higher denominations to compress coinage to reasonable levels.

As for Pinkie Pie, her abilities are like Quantum Mechanics. It's still science, we just haven't figured it out yet.

edited 11th Sep '12 6:45:59 PM by PerpetualLurker

#281935 d Roy Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:45:21 PM from University at Buffalo

Any inadequately explained science is indistinguishable from magic.

- Dan Immanuel.

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#281936 Fallen Legend Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:47:29 PM from Mexico City!

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@Apple you are staring a webcomic? cool. you totally have the skills!.

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#281937 Count Dorku Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:47:33 PM from a Time of Eclipse

I kind of lean towards the Mage: The Awakening model of magic, in which any sufficiently analysed magic is still magic and the second you're convinced you know everything about it, it comes back to bite you in the form of weird shit.

Don't get me wrong, I don't mind magic as a sort of arcane science discipline, I just don't think that's how it works in Equestria no matter how much Twilight thinks it does.

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#281938 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:47:40 PM from Singapore

Pinkie sense is just a kind of low-level reality-bending ESP.

I see Magic as having two primary forms, a controlled form which can be documented and replicated, and a Wild form which is unpredictable.

edited 11th Sep '12 6:48:27 PM by AceOfScarabs

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#281939 Count Dorku Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:48:09 PM from a Time of Eclipse

Once again: and that is not magic how?

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#281940 condottiera Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:48:21 PM from Chicago

@Count: Don't bother asking, you'll get no reply.

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#281941 Applelight Limited Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:48:50 PM from Manehattan to Canterlot

Thanks Ace!

See it occurs to me, if I digitalise everything, I can save models for later use.

And thank you too Fallen.

edited 11th Sep '12 6:50:34 PM by ApplelightLimited

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#281942 marston Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:49:18 PM from America

Here's some old but still adorable artwork from Veggie55.

http://veggie55.deviantart.com/art/Clouds-are-Awesome-267388000

http://veggie55.deviantart.com/art/Derpy-Delivery-243831800

http://veggie55.deviantart.com/art/Am-I-doing-it-Right-218376580

edited 11th Sep '12 6:49:31 PM by marston

#281943 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:49:29 PM from Singapore

ESP is just an advanced psionic ability :P There's a lot of cross-referred data in various tomes and the UFO-pedia.

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#281944 Perpetual Lurker Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:50:16 PM

It's totally magic, but if it can be analyzed, then you can analyze scientifically. Pinkie Sense has repeatable and verified results. Its accuracy has been scientifically proven. Science and magic are not mutually exclusive in any way whatsoever unless the universe intrinsically introduces a random factor to make it impossible to analyze.

edited 11th Sep '12 6:51:38 PM by PerpetualLurker

#281945 d Roy Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:50:33 PM from University at Buffalo

Fun fact:

Human beings have a lot more than five senses.

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#281946 Count Dorku Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:51:04 PM from a Time of Eclipse

@Ace: I'm not sure what question you think you're answering, but it certainly wasn't the one I asked.

For the third and final time: In what way is psychic power not a form of magic?

Hmm. The thought occurs that perhaps all Earth ponies have a degree of spider-sense - Granny Smith being able to tell in an instant how good an apple is, for example - and Pinkie just has hers ramped up to ridiculous level.

edited 11th Sep '12 6:51:17 PM by CountDorku

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#281947 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:51:31 PM from Singapore

@Lurker: Ex~actly!

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#281948 Count Dorku Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:52:10 PM from a Time of Eclipse

Things fall plenty of times on the show without Pinkie's tail twitching at all.

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#281949 Ace Of Scarabs Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:53:01 PM from Singapore

ESP can also refer to Extrapolative Sensory Power, a kind of super-predictive sense that lets you extrapolate the future.

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#281950 Perpetual Lurker Tue, 11th Sep '12 6:53:01 PM

But when her tail does twitch, something always falls. I said accurate, not consistent.

edited 11th Sep '12 6:53:23 PM by PerpetualLurker