virus: Technology and Magic quotes

From: rhinoceros (rhinoceros@freemail.gr)
Date: Wed May 19 2004 - 10:49:30 MDT

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    Arthur Clarke goes first:

    "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

    Gregory Benford rewords it using a contrapositive (formal logic):

    "Any technology that does not appear magical is insufficiently advanced."

    Eric S. Raymond objects:

    "Any sufficiently advanced system of magic would be indistinguishable from a technology."

    (The last two quotes were from Edge 2004 - "What is your Law?")
    http://www.edge.org/q2004/q04_print.html 

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