Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic

by WyldWynd

Wed Dec 06 2000 at 23:36:35

A quote attributed to Arthur C. Clarke, sometimes called Clarke's Third Law.

The quote is contained (unattributed) on a plot card in the Illuminati: New World Order game. This card is, unsurprisingly called: Sufficiently Advanced Technology.

by The Cow

Mon Jan 08 2001 at 13:52:03

There is the rebuttal to this law:

"Any technology distingushable from magic isn't sufficiently advanced!"

I can't remember the author, but it's in Terry Pratchett's The Science of Discworld (a great book).

1 C!

Any sufficiently advanced music is indistinguishable from MIDI	Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology	Clarke's Third Law	Roswell UFO crash
My God, it's full of stars	Any sufficiently nice person is indistinguishable from someone who likes you	If nothing sticks to Teflon, how does it stick to the pan?	Faith has absolutely nothing to do with Science
sufficiently outdated technology	Illuminati: New World Order	How the scientists discovered magic	I'm scared of my car
The Unofficial Guide to Tinysex: Part IV: Advanced Yiffing	With all the advances in technology it still takes 3 days to clear a cheque	God condemns engineering	The Science of Discworld
Arthur C. Clarke	Never trust any machine more complex than a knife and fork	Do you really want to live forever?	Singularity Sky
XOR swap	That kinda Star Trek emergency power/battle stations lighting sorta thing	Legacies	The Honorable President Lissajous

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