Clarke's Three Laws

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Statements (14)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf set of adages
gptkbp:firstLaw 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.
gptkbp:firstPublished 1962
gptkbp:formedBy gptkb:Arthur_C._Clarke
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Clarke's Three Laws
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:science_fiction
technology discourse
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Arthur_C._Clarke
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Profiles_of_the_Future
gptkbp:secondLaw The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
gptkbp:thirdLaw Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Profiles_of_the_Future
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5