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To: RoosterRedux

A science fiction author (perhaps Larry Niven) said at some point, technology is functionally the same as magic.


13 posted on 09/13/2024 8:26:09 AM PDT by marktwain (The Republic is at risk. Resistance to the Democratic Party is Resistance to Tyranny. )
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To: marktwain

I thought that was Clarke.


18 posted on 09/13/2024 8:58:57 AM PDT by dljordan (What would Michael Collins do?)
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To: marktwain
A science fiction author (perhaps Larry Niven) said at some point, technology is functionally the same as magic.

Clarke's law: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

34 posted on 09/13/2024 9:39:42 AM PDT by null and void (Don't hallucinate and legislate, don't hallucinate and educate, don't hallucinate and procreate)
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