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| rdfs:label | - Science Cannot Comprehend Phlebotinum
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| rdfs:comment | - Sometimes, in order to establish how special or powerful something is, writers just take the easy way out and say that "science can't explain it!". It can be anything, from magic to ghosts to miracles to superpowers to whatever. One common tie-in statement is that it is made of no known chemical element. Sadly, when this is done wrong, it seems to imply that science is only for mundane things. It can also feel like a lame excuse to justify illogical or unnatural things occurring. Examples of Science Cannot Comprehend Phlebotinum include:
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| abstract | - Sometimes, in order to establish how special or powerful something is, writers just take the easy way out and say that "science can't explain it!". It can be anything, from magic to ghosts to miracles to superpowers to whatever. One common tie-in statement is that it is made of no known chemical element. Sadly, when this is done wrong, it seems to imply that science is only for mundane things. It can also feel like a lame excuse to justify illogical or unnatural things occurring. A note on the most common usage of this: even if magic does not work via our universe's physical laws, in many works it follows its own rules and therefore can be observed, experimented with and theorized about. It might require a new branch of science, but if it can be observed and experimented with, then science can comprehend it. Sometimes magic will be a jerk and break patterns only when someone is actually looking for one, just to invoke this trope. If the scientists persist in offering "scientific" explanations that don't correctly explain the phlebotinum, then this idea has turned into the rather closely related idea that Science Is Wrong. This trope is not related to Evil Cannot Comprehend Good. At all. No Unfortunate Implications and Fridge Horror for you! Examples of Science Cannot Comprehend Phlebotinum include:
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