Action at a distance
E.g. Gravity/EM, something in one place can affect something far away without anything passing in between
Trying to explain how a magic trick (making a match levitate) works. 1. The magician has the power to make things levitate with their mind
This would be disturbing because it can’t be generalized / doesn’t fit into a universal scientific model
The magician has magnets in the walls and controls them with a small computer
Would alleviate the disturbance.
The magician can send out ‘levitator particles’ from the eyes. There’s a ‘levitator particle’ detector which is triggered, shows they have energy and can do work.
Would also alleviate the concern, the particles would become the new normal, a feature of the world.
Action at a distance would be like having no such explanation (though there is regularity/predictability).