The magical power in today's world are things like "random
  fluctuations" and such. It takes care of the gaps in modern
  thinking but it's no less magical in its thinking.   A mild view
  of God, a Theosophical view of God/Universe, random fluctuations
  in spacetime due to indeterminate quantum states, are no
  different from each other. All magical thinking.   At present,
  it's a story to fill in the gaps that is suitable for modern
  people. It's a faith, there's no way to prove it, it can't be
  verified. It's a modern version of a god. That doesn't make it
  wrong or bad; just a modern religion for modern times.   What's
  the nature of random? It's a useful mathematical analogy but
  basing universal truths about the Universe is fundamentally
  flawed.*[1]https://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/analogy.htm*-
  and you can go to down to the section of mathematics-as-analogy
  and its inherent dangers.

  Max Tegmark is making a mint on his "The Universe is
  Mathematics" scam. I _hope_ he's aware - he should be smart
  enough ... but he might have gotten caught up in it
  legitimately, I don't know.

References

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  1. https://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/scenario/analogy.htm

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