Though I do not see either side winning over another, I will a say that technology has to have been created by a creative mind. While magic has to be more of a trained skill with a strong mind not to succumb to madness.

so you mean to say that the war would never end.

Not until the urge to fight has been removed completely.

well it is always the aspect that that magic wants to keep the ways of the past as technology wants to bring forth progress. since both want this on a world wide scale, they will be bound to try to prove superiority.

Both have their strong points. I'm not really sure who would win. To be honest, I think technology would win if they don't end up destroying each other because I feel they would come to a bitter stalemate or suffer destruction. Magic can do things technology cannot as well as the fact that technology can do other things magic can't, unsure of what those things would be but if I had to pick a side, I'd probably pick tech.

likewise. Though my idea is that magic is ancient and is learned. Though magic has many attributes, magic does not really change or advance. Technology always advances and upgrades. Also technology is much more precise in accuracy. But that is my idea.

To be honest, I'd have to say magic, with magic there's no real guidelines based on an individual's interpretation of what it even means, while science has clear and present rules, there is a logic to science, magic is just everywhere, you can't really list the stuff magic can do, mainly because it isn't real so you can't actually study it and say "Oh, this is magic, that's not." Technology is more solid and physical, it's there, you know it's there, you can see it, it IS a thing.

no absolutes means no limits.

That's what I'm saying, for instance with technology if you were to kill someone there'd have to be a reason why they died, how it killed them, with magic it's as simple as saying they are dead as far as an argument goes and who can contest that claim. Who's to say magic isn't deadly?

true, however magic has to require skill not to meantion to have such a power, one must be a diety of some sort.

Says who? Maybe that's your view of magic, many portrayals of magic show it as kind of a mundane thing anyone can master. There's no concrete definition for magic really, it can be interpreted any which way.

so basically if one can imagine it, they can see it come to being without much effort.

Like I said, magic has no set limits, rules or guidelines. It's more of either a gray area or an anything goes kinda thing. Because you can't just say magic can't do something,because you never know. Because you can argue about it all you want but if someone says something happened because of magic it's just a bunch of wasted effort because technically you can't prove them wrong.

true...but they are not invicible unless they know what will happen. or can see anything.

They could argue that they can because of magic.

I believe magic would win. Reason is this... Science, by it's very nature must follow laws of science. ONLY something that is is technologically or scientifically possible can work. Science and technology MUST follow "natural" rules or laws to work. MAGIC, on the other paw, is "SUPERNATURAL". It is NOT bound by the laws of science and therefore can go BEYOND the limits of science and technology.

So jow's that for an answer? :)

Forerunner technology breaks physics. Forerunner weapons fire laser things that atomize the entire form of whatever they hit. Shot in the foot? You don't get to heal, you're whole body getting wiped out of existence. There's still gravity, but then again, all the Forerunners fly and walk on walls sooo...
Did you say "on the other paw"?

That STILL operates under the laws of physics. Anything laser MUST follow the physical laws of light energy.

Atomization lasers aren't the point though. The point is that though it is still technology, it is so advanced that it makes the laws of nature irrelevant.

very good answer, but remeber that science finds new laws and can possibly bypass certian laws, like quantum physics which is a powerful answer to magic.

Technology is bound to physics, magic is not. The only way technology could get the upper hand is by studying magic, and learning how to apply it... but that would be becoming magic. Physical just can't beat supernatural by itself.

Well, any sufficiently analysed magic turns into science.

or harnessing the energy from it...like a battery. Not harnessing the effects, just the raw energy and then using that power into the weapons. Also technology always adapts and learns from previous experience and thus can be better defended against such forces. Technology is more precise in numbers and can thus have more accuracy than magic.

Well if your harnessing the magical energy, that would be sort of magic. Since you're using magic. Also, Technology doesn't adapt. The minds of the ones inventing do. Magic is sort of the same deal. Also, with magic, you don't need the numbers and all that. You can just skip right over and get right into the good stuff. Also, technology is bound to physical, magic is not. The whole thing that gives it the upper hand is there is no way to defend against it because by it's very nature it is not natural. You cannot fight spiritual with physical. Since magic is a spiritual/supernatural thing, it'd be the same as trying to fight an angel or demon. You only win if they want you to.
Here's a good example of this. Superman is weak to kryptonite. His race evolved to be that powerful to match their planet. The kryptonians were not religious people, and focused on technology. As a result, Superman's other weakness, which is actually a bigger threat to him, is magic, or any type of supernatural. Why? Simple. If it is a spell that burns, it will burn him just like it burns any one else simply because it isn't bound by any physical laws. Meaning, yeah I could make termite to get through steel, or I could just conjure up magical flames and have it burn through anything I want. Not because the heat, but because it's purpose is to burn, and it will whatever it's focused at. Also, magical energy, since it is supernatural, could not be harnessed by a machine. You need a spirit to use spiritual energy. In other words, to use magic based "technology" you would need to be powering it with enchanted equipment (which would make you using magic), you'd need to harvest people's spirits to run your "technology" (which would make it necromancy, which is any form of magic that manipulates/uses life), or you'd have to do both.
So magical technology is off the table because it's still magic. Also, there are physical limits something can reach, but the whole point is, supernatural does not have limits because it is not bound by the same laws, and can manipulate and alter them. Science and technology is understanding and studying them, but magic is about bending them. Sorta like that amp that goes up to 11. Technology would be like all the other amps that just go up to 10, but magic would be the amp that goes up to 11. By default it has the upperhand because it can always go higher than anything physical.
Also, to answer a comment I saw in here about studying magic being science. Well yes, of course it is, but that doesn't make it technology. Studying writings of a certain author to discover the written intent is a science too ("Hermeneutics (/hɜrməˈnjuːtɪks/), broadly, is the art and science of text interpretation. Traditional hermeneutics is the study of the interpretation of written texts, especially texts in the areas of literature, religion and law."), but you don't call studying the Bible, or Shakespeare's work a technology do you?

true, so in a way, technology is too limited. Like vader once said. "This technological terror you've constructed is insignifigant next to the power of the force."

Exactly. The force had no limits. It's what Yoda was trying to teach Luke. "There is no try" Or how he told him that weight and strength are irrelevant. Magic falls under the same category.

mainly it is a process of teaching that the limitations we have on ourselves is from the illusion that science puts on us as a form of imprisonment...then again that is from a fantasy standpoint.

Well it's all fantasy since it's not real. The only form of magic we have in the real world is just demons letting humans think they're using magic. Either way, it can bypass the laws of the physical realm, so it'd still beat tech

True. Of course technology in itself is just as bad. It can be an idol.

Anything can be an idol.

that is true, many just don't realize it.

With the Romans it was the body.

with today it is technology.

Technology is definitely a vice, but the body is still an idol. Just watch TV, or look at how concerned people get over trivial things like fashion.

fasion is trivial and pointless.

Just go naked. Like me

I like comfy clothing.

Like human skin?

nah, something cozy.

Like a tonton?

what?

Yes

you mean tauntaun?

Whatever. THey're both gay

Unless said tauntaun is female...one of my friends on here is a tauntaun and she is pretty cool.

Mhhhh..... I....... Uh...... Errrr.... You know what, I don't know what to say here, so lets all just have science-magic or magic-science, just like alchemy in Full Metal Alchemist.

Hm...good response...however magic has no actual reasoning, it's spontanious and has no reason or logic behind it.

I think magic, since it isnt tied to any machinery and is much more "portable"

true, but also think large scale, think of weaponry on a massive scale vs magic. Compare all possiblities.

Its really a difficult thing to compare because if magic exists there is no science or explanation behind it. I would believe just the supernatural aspect alone would mean a definite victory for magic. Plus it isn't confined by physics the way science is

very true...Guess I have my answer lol

Plus there are the pretty much limitless possibilities with magic. Modern weaponry is really confined by current technology

true but tech always finds a new way of doing stuff and surpassing previously unpassable laws.

magic.

can you explain why?