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Originally Posted by Johnny1A.2
One problem with the scientific study of magic is that by its very nature (at least when we're talking about spirits, which is what most real-world magical traditions do), is that you can't count on it to behave the same in and out of a controlled experiment, because you're dealing with intelligence.
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Eh, either you study the way the spirits do it (presumably it's not intelligence all the way down, so at some point there's a non-sentient process you can study), or you're dealing with a social science (which does certainly tend towards less rigorous results than harder sciences, but is not entirely impervious to study).