"They are also designed by people, thinking minds, variable minds. Meaning that even if you tried to go at the problem knowing something of the designer, that component may no longer be in alignment with the puzzle as it is now."
He turns his hand towards Jacobi.
"The stable components for puzzles and cyphers are the very things that are most unstable in magic. And most stable for technology. Whereas language itself is built upon the concept of stability: a chair must always be a chair to a certain number of people. And having a word for a chair is nearly universal."
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"They are also designed by people, thinking minds, variable minds. Meaning that even if you tried to go at the problem knowing something of the designer, that component may no longer be in alignment with the puzzle as it is now."
He turns his hand towards Jacobi.
"The stable components for puzzles and cyphers are the very things that are most unstable in magic. And most stable for technology. Whereas language itself is built upon the concept of stability: a chair must always be a chair to a certain number of people. And having a word for a chair is nearly universal."