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The author has specifically stated in the FAQs that the scientific method simply doesn't work if you try and apply it to magic.
Source: Magic Versus Science - Likewise, in the Pink & Link storyline, upon evading an attack by the Single-Minded Twins with a magical flower that conditions whoever is wearing it into a "perfect housewife" type, Ranma's immediate response is to try and apply one to Akane, who promptly beats him up for doing so.
Source: Fanon / Ranma ½ -
One of the central tenets of the series — and a sign of the development of Alphonse and Edward as people — shows that no matter how much they try and apply the rule of Equivalent Exchange to their lives, they always find something missing.
Source: Equivalent Exchange
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Try and Apply. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/try
Apply & Try. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/try>.
Try or Apply. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/apply/try.
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