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Originally Posted by Anthony
So basically, you're saying 'organic' doesn't actually mean 'organic'.
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It's been said many times, but terms used in GURPS Magic were never meant to align with the modern scientific use of those terms. There are many reasons for this, not the least of which is that most settings that would use those rules take place in a pre-modern science or alt-TL science universe. But also because the rules were written by a layman who never meant for the terms to be taken as using the modern scientific definitions.
"Organic" as used in GURPS Magic was meant to fit the laymen's definition: of, relating to, or derived from living organisms. It would never have been meant to fit the scientific definition: of, relating to, or containing carbon compounds.