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[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 66 points 10 months ago

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Clarke or Azimov, can't remember which titan of SF said it.

[-] Ulvain@sh.itjust.works 33 points 10 months ago

It was Clarke - Azimov had other highly relevant quotes though, particularly the one on anti-intellectualism...

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Really? I was sure that was emperor Cleon the somethingth...

Open to correction, however

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Nope. It was Clarke.

Foundation turned science to religion which is essentially using Clarke's laws but drawn to it's extreme.

Essentially faith + magic = miracle ≈ science + religion

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

Nice - thanks for chipping in!

[-] Malgas@beehaw.org 14 points 10 months ago

It's Clarke's Third Law.

[-] pyrflie@lemm.ee 8 points 10 months ago

I got curious and looked them up.

When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

[-] rgb3x3@beehaw.org 8 points 10 months ago

Pretty sure that was Abraham Lincoln

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 8 points 10 months ago

The vampire hunter?

Neat!

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