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minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·6 months agoParaphrasing Arthur C. Clarke: Any technology is indistinguishable from magic, to the sufficiently ignorant.
minus-squarebss03@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·6 months agoClarke’s Maxim: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Corollary / Contrapositive: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoMy version seems like another good corollary.
Paraphrasing Arthur C. Clarke: Any technology is indistinguishable from magic, to the sufficiently ignorant.
Clarke’s Maxim: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Corollary / Contrapositive: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
My version seems like another good corollary.