My recent experience trying to explain magic to people who … - Ben Aaronovitch

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My recent experience trying to explain magic to people who really would rather it didn’t exist has given me an arsenal of euphemisms. I’m particularly proud of “initial incident” although “subjective perception threshold” runs a close second.

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Ben Dylan Aaronovitch (born February 1964) is an English author and screenwriter.

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