Magic

Sometimes things happen and the only response can be “that was like it was magic”.  Or things look so simple, or they work so fast, we think “it must be magic”.  Take our smartphones and how little we have to know about them, and they mostly just work.  Like magic.  Or search engines, which twenty years ago were not as speedy or specific like they are now.  Or 3D modelling for building or process plant designs – like magic.

Of course, there is no magic.  There’s an enormous amount of work and clever coding and thinking and problem-solving that’s gone before.