Arthur C. Clarke Quotes About Magic
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Magic's just science that we don't understand yet.
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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.
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Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
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Any smoothly functioning technology will have the appearance of magic.
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I'm surprised at some technological development, and the realization that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. I think the CD-ROM is the best example of that. The idea of having a whole symphony, or opera, or novel in a little piece of plastic is pretty amazing.
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