>>96665285
Just because the magic has well defined rules, that doesnt make it become technology. Lets say that a setting's magic is powered by the stars and their positions in the sky. Obviously astrology and astronomy become a major aspect of the setting, but this doesn't mean that all magic is a predictable cut-and-dry science - either to us or to the setting's denizens. Magic would slowly change across the years, and the coming of a meteor shower or passing comet or asteroid could wildly and unexpectedly change magic in all sorts of ways.

In any case though, its also about perspective. Even when the metaphysics of magic are "solved" by the greatest scholars of a setting, that doesnt mean that we ourselves can truly understand it or appreciate it beyond marveling at pretty colors - as much as we'd like to imagine ourselves otherwise.