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[-] [email protected] 67 points 2 years ago

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

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

[-] [email protected] 33 points 2 years ago

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

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

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

Open to correction, however

[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 years 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

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Nice - thanks for chipping in!

[-] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago
[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Pretty sure that was Abraham Lincoln

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

The vampire hunter?

Neat!

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