1971 was a time when Tolkien was king

Woah:

“In this essay, I discuss various attempts to solve the problem of the rationality of magic, demanding of any theory of magic that it be consistent with findings in the field, and of any theory of that it explain science well it explains magic.”

Tom Settle, 1971, from Philosophy of the Social Sciences.

Best introduction I’ve ever read for an academic paper. (Plus, it raises the time-old question: who would win in a fight to the death, Gandalf or Richard Feynman?)