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"Unfortunately, none of the descriptions demystify the magic. Maybe I am reading the descriptions incorrectly, but the actual logic behind the magic is never explained. The descriptions only contain an appeal to a magic oracle power."

Which says, to me, that pg doesn't understand it, either. He just trusts it based on historical reliability.

I'd also be curious to know what some of those magically insightful questions were, but I don't think it nullifies the point of the article to not include them.




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