Technology actually exists ...

Everything that exists can one day (assuming we would survive that long) be explained through science. And science is used to create technology.

If magic actually existed it could one day be explained through science and it could be applied to technology.

Therefore, technology wins every time.

What's the difference, if you go according to the movie genres of Science Fiction (Technology) and Fantasy (Magic) then they both do exactly the same things (enabling people to do whatever they like).

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic"

Arthur C Clarke's third law of prediction.

Magic is not real. Technology is and can continuly be advanced. Technology=Win.

Everyone here is saying that magic is unlimited, that magic is as powerful as your imagination, as if magic actually existed. Technology actually exists, so it makes sense to talk about technology in absolutes. But magic only exists in fiction, and not in any consistent manner. The nature of magic is decided by, well, whatever you want. How powerful is the magic? What are the "rules" that control the magic? What are the limitations on the magic? Because every story I've read that included magic had some set of limitations. In mythology and fiction, being magical doesn't make you a GOD, it allows you to make illusions, or heal people, or throw fireballs from your hands, but it doesn't make you omnipotent. That doesn't mean that it can't, but I've never seen an example of it. Technology is the same way, but there's a logical progression through time from less to more powerful, because technology actually exists. The power of magic is arbitrarily decided by the writer of whatever book, movie, or video game you choose. I'm just saying that it's impossible to take a stand because we need to decide which version of magic (which is fictional) we are comparing to technology (which is real). Personally, I think that modern technology, and especially technology as depicted in science fiction, is more powerful than magic as depicted in most fantasy (that I've read). I've never seen, read about, or heard about a wizard with the power to destroy a planet the way the Death Star can.

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"Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function" By definition of the word technology... technology is used to do magic. No matter what the trick.

Magic is nothing more than an action which seems to be defying the laws of physics we are all familiar with. Something which seemed to vanish can actually just take a different route, a different dimension. They booth reality obey the laws of physics one is just more mysterious and odd than the other. I take technology because technology actually has power but magic, its just physics we are not familiar with.

Magic is nothing more than an action which seems to be defying the laws of physics we are all familiar with. Something which seemed to vanish can actually just take a different route, a different dimension. They both in reality obey the laws of physics one is just more mysterious and odd than the other. I take technology because technology actually has power but magic, its just physics we are not familiar with.

Magic would be probably more powerful if it existed.

But technology is the practical champion

Technology is something that exsists. We got tanks with technology. We got M16 with technology. We got space stations with technology

Magic does not exist but technology does. if someone was in a fight one used technology other used just magic technology would win because nothing would happen when the person tried to use magic

I would like to see Harry Potter protect himself from a nuclear bomb with his wand. Technology can do that much damage, magic can't.

... Ha ha ha ha, what? Is this question for real?! Um, I suppose for those who are stuck in some fantasy world, I'm sure magic is quite powerful haha, i'm sure it's great in World of Warcraft... But for those of us who are living in reality, I'm going to go with Technology.

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b:technology does and if the 2 where put next to each othere clearl magic and its change in the world is0

while techhnolgy makes life easier by makin people wich are countryies far away talk to each other and see each other

Technology is advancing continuously at an enormous rate. Countries such as China and America and even Europe are in constant competition for the better technological advances. Soon enough, technology will be able to do things magic can do, and even beyond. Never underestimate the limitations of technology and always keep the "Nothing is Impossible" mentality in the world's always-advancing possibilities of technology.

It's hard for magic to be more powerful when we don't even know if it exists.

Technology has great and powerful weapons that can kill other people

its real unlike magic which is fake -_- people isnt it common sense enough

Technology can be transmitted instantly from one place to another but magic can only be used in that confined place.

Technology is forever. It cannot be destroyed. It is the bright future for the world.

It is because fools believe in magic and its works to society.

Magic is something deceptive and its just an illusion but technology is real and it is used in many ways

magic is just highly advanced technology

Well...I have seen technology being used, and can explain it's use, and given enough knowledge I can use it. We (as in society) have used technology to discover images of our universe, and of other universes.

We have used technology to cure disease, to see them. To get an image of a newborn in it's womb to check for birth defects.

I could name the uses of technology and it's awe for literally days and days, pages and book, but that wouldn't prove anything.

I have never seen magic actually in use. I have never seen real magic ever. I have however seen technology used often times to emulate magic. Such as the case with magicians.

The magic witch doctors claim to use to cure the problems of their village have been topped by the medical technology and science that modern doctors use to keep their whole cities safe.

To add. If we are talking about fiction tech and fictional magic, the magic is set with limits that if used in too large a quantity almost always causes death.

Technology, is used to make life easier, the opposite of causing death.

And where magic is as strong it will ever be due to it tapping into a source of already fully evolved magic, technology will only continue to get better.

So it's more like an investment in what will be stronger.

Gotta go with the one that is real. In any regard technology will keep getting better while magic is too finite.

Technology is for real and technology produces ways of helping people in various ways.

I like to think the magic this is talking about is like with wizards from the harry potter universe not from religion like people are thinking. I would say magic would be the dominant force from when humans were first able to speak a spell and do something and even with our modern technology it would be today but that is only because magic isnt real and we dont have a means for fighting it, but lets say it is real and wizards and muggles have been fighting for centuries starting from the salem witch hunts of course magic would probably bring muggle life to a stand still and it would make a means for which we would need modern science. Now here we are the 21st century we have made it through the wars without being wiped out and we have all the resources like we actually do today. If we have been at war for centuries it would be a top priority for us to beat them. There would always be things science will probably never be able to do like fight a whole world inside of a suitcase but with certain cameras and many other ways of studying magic and seeing how it works i believe and know science would be able to trump magic. It would be able to find out the processes at which it works and we would be able to make a defense and be able to defeat magic.

It all comes down to efficiency. Magic is already powerful to Begin with. While Technology is only gets powerful the more advanced it gets, it's a lot faster to get something done.

With Magic, you have to say some Magic Words or you have to do something (like say set up some kind of ritual or whatever). That takes some time as compared to getting a laser gun and shooting someone with it.

If you were to give preparation time, Magic could beat technology. Someone could simply cast some kind of meteor spell or anything deadly at someone (unless that person maybe has a Forcefield Device or whatever). You could also just send a Deadly Missile or Satellite Laser Blast onto someone during that time too (unless they're fast enough to cast a Magical Barrier, somehow send it back, etc. etc).

You can't really improve magic as you're only stuck with being able to learn & use better magic (I don't think it's possible to create new spells). Technology can be improved but it takes time.

It's kind of a tie but the more advanced technology gets, the closer it is to get on the same level as Magic. Seriously though, there are things Magic can do which Technology can also do (at some point maybe... if advancements are possible and can be made).

Examples below...

-Time Travel (Time Machines obviously...)

-Making plants grow faster (fertilizers & genetics tampering)

-Flying (Jetpacks, Airplanes, etc)

-Contacting people from far away (Phones, E-Mail, etc)

-Super Strength (You could just either tamper with your body to simply gain stronger muscles or have machinery do it for you)

Basically, it's a draw but Technology can beat Magic when it's advanced enough plus it's a lot faster to get things done anyway.

People say that magic is better than technology because it is up to your imagination..... They are forgetting one specific type of technology that is the closest thing to magic without being magic itself. It's called NANOTECH (rearranging atoms into whatever your imagination can think of. And even rearrange the atomic structure from one material into something that doesn't even exist).

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