When we speak of magic in fairytales, we usually mean the impossible.

Spells.

Transformations.

Sudden reversals.

The extraordinary interrupting the ordinary.

Reality doesn’t appear to operate that way.

It feels procedural.

Causal.

Governed by consequence and probability.

So the question becomes serious:

Can reality teach us magic the way fairytales do?

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