My friend was nitpicking about the inconsistency in magic in the TES universe. Not the games, but the universe.

I simply told him;
Its magic. First you need to have a general understanding of what it is and how it functions. Its like trying to explain what a laptop is to a roman gladiator. You'll most likely get a confused look and a sword in the gut.

For some reason, when I read you post I immediately thought of a meme image I saw a couple of years ago on /a/ that had a girl that appeared to be a witch with sparkle like energy coming from her hands with this huge [censored] grin, and the text: "It's magic, I ain't gotta explain [censored]!"