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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What is the thing on the bottom right? It looks like the Westinghouse Atom Smasher, but the protruding bulbs don't fit. Also they stopped using the Atom Smasher in the 1950s.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Looks Kind oft linke those old mercury arc rectifiers. Yeah pretty sure, the blue glow is from the arc.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

You are correct.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But electromagnetic forces are basically magic ..

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Magnets. How do they work? (This is a valid question that has no full answer).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Jack Parsons intensifies...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What about anime boob physics?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Also witchcraft

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Ever thought about how a laser printer works by blasting the electrons off of paper? Surely there was an easier way to do things?