And I love rambling! You know what Mr. Clarke says: any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Matter, I believe, as revealed by Dr. Einstein, is just another form of energy hence the power of the atom bomb. It sounds perhaps the "magic" in your world is a way to make matter (more organized state) from energy (less organized state), sort of working the equation backwards. Maybe?
So your "magical" agent (magic field?) could be responsible for reversing the damage done on a cellular level by rebuilding (matter "magically" created from energy?) telomeres on the end of chromosomes (if you subscribe to the telomere theory of aging) that would allow for continual cell division to ensure the health of body tissues like bone marrow and in effect, stopping the aging process.
Most of this stuff I read off of Wikipedia (under aging) and I suspect is more than you need for your story. But fascinating stuff!
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Date: 2011-08-03 10:32 am (UTC)And I love rambling! You know what Mr. Clarke says: any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Matter, I believe, as revealed by Dr. Einstein, is just another form of energy hence the power of the atom bomb. It sounds perhaps the "magic" in your world is a way to make matter (more organized state) from energy (less organized state), sort of working the equation backwards. Maybe?
So your "magical" agent (magic field?) could be responsible for reversing the damage done on a cellular level by rebuilding (matter "magically" created from energy?) telomeres on the end of chromosomes (if you subscribe to the telomere theory of aging) that would allow for continual cell division to ensure the health of body tissues like bone marrow and in effect, stopping the aging process.
Most of this stuff I read off of Wikipedia (under aging) and I suspect is more than you need for your story. But fascinating stuff!
And elves! Very cool!