Sufficiently Advanced

“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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  • Sounds like a corollary to Hanlon’s Razor

    “Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity”

  • Or, to quote from a recent Girl Genius comic:

    “Any sufficiently analysed magic is indistinguishable from science!”

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