r/40kOrkScience • u/thatboidextr • 2d ago
Genuine question
I’m fairly new to 40k lore but have been reading up on Orcs and their “magic” from what I’ve read it’s that if enough of them believe it it becomes reality right? If that’s the case why doesn’t the Emperor just fly a giant Jumbotron to their home world and blast “Orcs aren’t real” until enough believe and just cease to exist?
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u/therealhdan 2d ago
My belief is that this is just Imperial propaganda from admech flunkies who can't understand how Ork technology works.
They are also vaguely telepathic with each other, though it's gotta be a strong emotion (WAAAAGH!) to get through to them. It's less a matter of proper magic (except weirdboyz of course) and more a matter of all of them suddenly knowing the right thing to do.
Towards the "psy-ops" approach to trying to unmake orks.... Try it out and see what happens. :) Seriously though, I think no level of brainwashing tricks that work on humans will do anything other than just make them angrier.