Guilty, guilty, guilty as charged. :)
I'd be inclined to say that a whole bunch of my questions probably flow from this.
On 26 May 2004 at 13:53, Mike Holmes wrote:
> Yeah, you're expecting symmetry for the sake of symmetry. The magic system
> makes no attempt to be symmetrical at all, and any you see is completely
> your own perception. It's important to note this because one can make all
> sorts of mistakes assuming that symmetry exists where it does not. I know
> that I made some mistakes like that, and quickly disabused myself of the
> notion that there was symmetry between systems - and it's made things a
> lot easier since then.
>
> That's not to say that there's no symmetry or that you can't make
> comparisons. Just don't be surprised when there's something "missing."
>
> Mike
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