Nick_Tarleton comments on If You Demand Magic, Magic Won't Help - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 23 March 2008 02:32:17AM 4 points [-]

Or more simply: magic is appealing for the same reason a Super Happy Agent is appealing - it means the universe cares about us.