Originally Posted by
MindofShadow
“Magic is magic in this movie. It’s not something that’s explained away scientifically. It’s not something that’s easy to define. As magic should be. Magic should be mysterious. There’s mystery to magic and there’s mystery to the tone of the movie. Mystery is a good thing.”
--Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson
Are you watching the Cosmos series? That’s magic, [the quantum physics]. It’s unbelievable. If somebody knew how to tap into that stuff, what’s the difference between that and magic?
You don’t get into it in Harry Potter, but if a scientist went to Hogwarts he’d find out how some of that stuff is happening! We’re not going to spend a lot of time on that, but there will be some of that. And particularly for a character like Strange, who goes from a man of science to a man of faith and who traverses both worlds. And sometimes there won’t be an answer! Sometimes he’ll want an answer - “How is this happening?!” - and nothing.
-- Kevin Feige, Head of Marvel Studios
Kevin Feige Explains How Magic Will Work In DOCTOR STRANGE
Now maybe he's changed his mind on this, but I'd be kind of surprised. It's not like the Thor movies don't do that magic based character and setting exactly the same way.