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The fact you used an Background Pony plays into some people’s paraoia nicely.
Magic is about using laws we don’t yet understand.
Wouldn’t the magic be a type of otherworld science?
True. It doesn’t work the other way around though, if that makes sense.
-Sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke’s third law.
In MLP it can actually be magic, because in fiction the laws of physicals are what you make it.
So you think this is stupid, eh? I wonder how long our ancestors thought something was magical/supernatural, only to come to the understanding it was perfectly logical and based in science.
There is the case of Pumpkin Cake, who has a functioning catalyst (in this case a natural unicorn horn) almost from birth. She didn’t have to perform any ritual or initiation, Celestia herself didn’t descend from the sky and bless her with the gift of spellcasting. This leads to the assumption that magic is either innate, or has been an anomaly of equine culture for such a long time that it is all but innate.
Then we have the Tree of Harmony. The name itself suggests that this is a living, growing thing, ergo natural. If Celestia is correct, then it controls the Everfree, which means it has some connection with the natural world around it. This would be evidence to support the fact that magic isn’t just natural for ponies, but the world as a whole.
See my comment immediately above yours. Humans do not write the laws of nature. We just figure out what they are.
As far as I’m aware, that’s never been stated as the case in anything official.
Except magic is natural in Equestria.
The laws of physics are descriptive, not prescriptive. They’re derived from observations, tested, and then used to predict future events. If we can’t observe magic, we can’t incorporate it into the model, and thus it seems to violate our understanding of the world. What’s actually happening is that our understanding is incomplete and will remain that way until we have accommodated the newly discovered aspect of reality.
Naw magic plays perfectly with other sciences, otherwise it wouldn’t have any practical uses.
Alchemy is a good example. Using magic to alter the chemical structure of something.
It’s just a matter of seeing How the magic is doing something, rather than just doing it.
Perhaps Pegasi magic influences air currents, which makes sense if they use it to create hurricanes.
Pegasus bones are infused with superconducting fibers. In a magnetic field (the earth’s magnetic field) these fibers repel the field, essentially creating a simple anti-gravity effect. The pegasi can control the strength of this field through some yet unknown method; they can reduce its strength enough to be able to walk on the ground normally. Wings are used only for movement and steering.
After all an effect that constantly breaks the laws of physics like a Pegasus flight magic defying the laws of gravity requires a great rethinking of the limits and workings of gravity.