The magical power in today's world are things like "random
   fluctuations" and such. It takes care of the gaps in modern
   thinking but it's no less magical in its thinking.   A mild view
   of God, a Theosophical view of God/Universe, random fluctuations
   in spacetime due to indeterminate quantum states, are no
   different from each other. All magical thinking.   At present,
   it's a story to fill in the gaps that is suitable for modern
   people. It's a faith, there's no way to prove it, it can't be
   verified. It's a modern version of a god. That doesn't make it
   wrong or bad; just a modern religion for modern times.   What's
   the nature of random? It's a useful mathematical analogy but
   basing universal truths about the Universe is fundamentally
   flawed.*[1]https://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/analogy.htm*-
   and you can go to down to the section of mathematics-as-analogy
   and its inherent dangers.

   Max Tegmark is making a mint on his "The Universe is
   Mathematics" scam. I _hope_ he's aware - he should be smart
   enough ... but he might have gotten caught up in it
   legitimately, I don't know.

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   1. https://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/analogy.htm