Statements (13)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
set of adages
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| gptkbp:field |
gptkb:science_fiction
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| 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.
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| gptkbp:formedBy |
gptkb:Arthur_C._Clarke
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| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Clarke's three laws
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| gptkbp:influenced |
popular science
technology discourse |
| gptkbp:introducedIn |
1962
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| gptkbp:publishedIn |
gptkb:Profiles_of_the_Future
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| gptkbp:secondLaw |
The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
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| gptkbp:thirdLaw |
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Arthur_C._Clarke
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| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
4
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