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Sounds like an essay to state Arthur C. Clarke's "First Law": When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost cert
by kbutler 5y ago
Sounds like an essay to state Arthur C. Clarke's "First Law":
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.
...which really just boils down to "it's probably possible".
Here are the three:
1. 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.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.