Lots of amateur worldbuilders complain about crystals being used to make the technomagic or sci-fi tech work.
My brothers in creativity, what do you think makes all our modern real-life technology work?
Yeah, but real world crystal magic look more like individual microscopic pieces of glitter, as opposed to giant glowing quartz crystals.
@nyrath Yeah. But that’s only because we can’t make and etch super-pure semiconductor crystals well enough to make a bazillion-core massively-parallel processor block.
But in THE FUTURE, with SCIENCE! and ENGINEERING!
(Still not quartz, though.)
@cerebrate crystals of intricate madness
@cerebrate Stephen Hunt's writing is beautifully ambiguous about this. Is it technology, or is it magic? Or are they somehow one and the same?
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2971026-the-kingdom-beyond-the-waves
Damn. Stephen Hunt.
Not seen that name for a while.
The Jackelian series was wild.
@FenTiger Hm. Don't think I've read his books, so thanks for the pointer!
@cerebrate I mean, reality is even weirder tbh
We put crystals in our food ffs :D:D:DD
@cerebrate WD40, gaffer tape, and hot glue.
Very small crystals
@cerebrate Doesn’t mean the New Age shop claiming labradorite can protect you from “negativity” has anything close to a point
@coyoty Nice.
In the 'verse, I postulate storing data in memory diamond using ¹²C/¹³C bit representation, which lasers can then read out based on the slight difference in electron energy levels between the isotopes.
@cerebrate Blood, sweat, tears, pain, and duct tape.