Sufficiently Advanced
By Bob Plankers on Dec 10, 2008 in Featured, Quotes
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke
“Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.” – Gray’s Law
(hat tip to Joshua Brauer at Adding Understanding for calling my attention to Gray’s Law)
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By Matt Simmons on Dec 10, 2008 | Reply
Sounds like a corollary to Hanlon’s Razor
“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity”
By Fnord Prefect on Dec 10, 2008 | Reply
Or, to quote from a recent Girl Genius comic:
“Any sufficiently analysed magic is indistinguishable from science!”