Magic doesn't exist!!!

CrazyRabbit

An insanely stupid study in the UK has found that 70% of kids aged 7-15 don't believe in magic. Well....duh!

The only 'magic' that 15 year olds are likely to believe in is of the mushroom variety.

http://www.breakingnews.ie/world/children-losing-belief-in-magic--study-500927.html

Childhood imagination may be disappearing quicker than a puff of dragon smoke.

A study in Britain suggests almost 70% of parents say their kids - aged seven to 15 - have stopped believing in all things magical.

Around 60% believe computer games are killing off creativity.

The UK's Warwick Castle commissioned the study. Dragon expert at the castle Rose Jardine said it was a shame to see children growing up so fast.

"Imagination needs to be given the opportunity to come alive again," she said.

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Let's check how adults would fair in this study...place your vote in the upcoming poll.

andyseadog

bollox

Is this another case of rose tinted glasses?

strobe

In before the pagans.

aido179

I loved playing magic the gathering. when did it get abolished?

brummytom

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Dragon expert at the castle Rose Jardine said it was a shame to see children growing up so fast.

Dragon Expert?! For fuck sake Rose, grow up

Andy-Pandy

Its called 'having an Imagination', too many adults grow up and lose it.

mikemac

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

An insanely stupid study in the UK has found that 70% of kids aged 7-15 don't believe in magic.

When I was that age Paul Daniels and his glamourous wife had a weekly show that was constantly replayed.

I'm not aware of any magic shows on TV anymore

the_syco

strobe wrote: »

In before the pagans.

Before or after we list off the christian "miracles"? Turning water into wine sounds like a pretty neat magic trick...

RachaelVO

My husband certainly believes in magic... his dirty clothes just magically get cleaned and hung back up in the wardrobe. He has no idea how it happens...

Aoifey!

Magic is real, MAGIC IS REAL, MAGIC IS REAL!!



*fingers in ears*



Nah nah nah I'm not listening.

strokemyclover

Expect another 50 years of movie remakes folks!

*Books tickets to Red Riding Hood and cries a little*

Dionysus

Back when I was a gasúr my granny used to send on the Ireland's Own to us and there was an article in that every week called 'Stranger than Fiction' written by John Mac somebody or other (??). I was always fascinated by the stories (which were much better than 'Miss Flanagan', 'Says Cassidy' and the like!).

There are many human stories which cannot be explained by science, or at least have not yet been explained by science. I'm open to the idea of their being something beyond what we can understand - after all, for most of human history each generation has been ignorant of things in it. That ignorance led to witch trials and the like. It's not as if this generation is suddenly going to have all the answers to the world.

On these grounds: agnosticism rules!

strobe

Andy-Pandy wrote: »

Its called 'having an Imagination', too many adults grow up and lose it.

No 7-15 year olds pretending to believe in magic is called 'having an Imagination', 7-15 year olds actually believing in magic is called 'being a little slow'.

Archeron

Wow. So far 35% of boards respondees are wizards. That seems like a high quota.

Oranage2

Of course magic is real!! didnt you see David Blane live in a box for 40 days?

Aoifey!

Dionysus wrote: »

Back when I was a gasúr my granny used to send on the Ireland's Own to us and there was an article in that every week called 'Stranger than Fiction' written by John Mac somebody or other (??). I was always fascinated by the stories (which were much better than 'Miss Flanagan', 'Says Cassidy' and the like!).

There are many human stories which cannot be explained by science, or at least have not yet been explained by science. I'm open to the idea of their being something beyond what we can understand - after all, for most of human history each generation has been ignorant of things in it. That ignorance led to witch trials and the like. It's not as if this generation is suddenly going to have all the answers to the world.

On these grounds: agnosticism rules!

This! Plus, I find a world with a little magic and possibility in it much more livable and pleasant than a life that is just you live, you die, nothing more. That little 'maybe' makes all the difference.

OutlawPete

If magic doesn't exist, then how come I can post this image of a snowman in AH??

☃

Pure magic I tells ya.

Sarn

I prefer the term magic enhanced individual.

tricky D

Have faith. It'll be pulled out of a hat soon.

SuperInfinity

An interesting meta-analysis of all studies done on social psychology found that at least 80% of people who write these studies are complete and absolute morons that shouldn't be paid a cent for their useless "work" but are usually funded by the state.

DUB777

Try the Ouija board.
You didn't specify magic. But there is defo black magic out there, whatever about Paul Daniels kind of stuff, i'd doubt. I suppose he must be some kind of magician, for an auld lad like that to pull a cracker like debbie. Wonder what was behind that:pac:

minidazzler

Aoifey! wrote: »

Magic is real, MAGIC IS REAL, MAGIC IS REAL!!

*fingers in ears*

Nah nah nah I'm not listening.

Don't worry it does. I did a magic trick last week, shagged a girl and disappeared.

Saila

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

An insanely stupid study

to be fair most studies are insanely stupid

Saila

DUB777 wrote: »

But there is defo black magic out there,

very true, heres some

jimthemental

Well I can make a fortune disappear every weekend

Hookah

DUB777 wrote: »

Try the Ouija board.

The ideomotor effect, methinks.

Handy if you want to communicate with your subconscious, but magic it ain't.

admiralofthefleet

hard to say, its a tricky subject

EverEvolving

Not sure about kids nowadays but when I was a nipper I read all the Roald Dahl books and quite a few Enid Blytons - The Adventures of the Wishing Chair/Tree, and plenty more that got the imagination flying. I remember being fascinated when my uncle done the amputated finger trick but I still didn't believe in magic.

So basically not believing in magic does not mean imaginations aren't 'becoming alive'.

bastados

Archeron wrote: »

Wow. So far 35% of boards respondees are wizards. That seems like a high quota.

I can personally vouch for me being a wizard.

angry_fox

have these kids not seen lionel messi play????

jimthemental

angry_fox wrote: »

have these kids not seen lionel messi play????

Have they not seen John O'Shea play?

DUB777

Oranage2 wrote: »

Of course magic is real!! didnt you see David Blane live in a box for 40 days?

Watch an idoit starve himself is hardly magic.
Who does he think he is? Jesus Christ, fasting for 40 days & 40 nights out in a desert. He sat on his @R5e in a box for 40 days? How magic is that?

DUB777

minidazzler wrote: »

Don't worry it does. I did a magic trick last week, shagged a girl and disappeared.

Priceless
Love it:cool:

DUB777

OutlawPete wrote: »

If magic doesn't exist, then how come I can post this image of a snowman in AH??

☃

Pure magic I tells ya.

Cause your walking in the aaaiiiiiiiirrrrrrrr;)