I disagree. 500 years ago they had no idea what the lights in the nightsky was. I know they are just suns burning a billion miles away. I dont think they thought the sky was any more beutifull than I do today.
Knowing does not take away the magic, but it makes it even more facinating
I feel like the ability of any player to have a grandmaster analyze their games removes the mystery of chess. No longer can we look at grandmaster's games in wonderment an awe in the same way; we now know the method of their madness, which kind of removes the magic of the game for me. What do you think?