Michael Collins wrote:
> On 3/15/08 7:26 PM, "Doug" <doug9345@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I don't remember who said it, but any science that is sufficiently advanced
>> is
>> indistinguishable from magic.
>>
> Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law [1973]: "Any sufficiently advanced technology
> is indistinguishable from magic."
>
> He also said, "As three laws were good enough for Newton, I have modestly
> decided to stop there." In 1999, he added his Fourth Law: " For every expert
> there is an equal and opposite expert."
>
Apparently being quoted on this list was finally too much for the old
man. He leaves me with some happy memories of time spent reading his words.
Moose
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