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  2. Clarke's three laws - Wikipedia

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    Any sufficiently advanced garbage is indistinguishable from magic. [12] Sterling's corollary to Clarke's law) This idea also underlies the setting of the novel Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, in which human stalkers try to navigate the location of an alien "visitation", trying to make sense of technically advanced items ...

  3. Niven's laws - Wikipedia

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    While discussing the ship itself, the Doctor asks his companion if she knows Clarke's Law, which she then recites: "Any advanced form of technology is indistinguishable from magic." The Doctor replies that the reverse is true and Ace voices this, working through the inverse, "any advanced form of magic is indistinguishable from technology."

  4. List of eponymous laws - Wikipedia

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    Third law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Collingridge's dilemma: Technology can only be regulated well if its impacts are known, but once a technology is known it is often too entrenched to be regulated. Named after David Collingridge.

  5. Life of Pi - Wikipedia

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    Life of Pi is a Canadian philosophical novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist is Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel, an Indian boy from Pondicherry , India , who explores issues of spirituality and metaphysics from an early age.

  6. Talk:Clarke's three laws - Wikipedia

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    Rule 3 - Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. One could also make the suggestion that .. Any technology which is distinguishable from magic, is therefore not sufficiently advanced 146.200.7.104 ( talk ) 20:12, 22 May 2023 (UTC) [ reply ]

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    Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic [ edit ] The third of Clarke's three laws (or the variant "Magic is just science that we don't understand yet") is often cited in works of fiction.

  8. 38 Best Dumbledore Quotes From 'Harry Potter' - AOL

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    Behold, below we've gathered 38 of the best Dumbledore quotes about life, love, friendship, Muggles, and, of course, magic. Related: 'Harry Potter' Actor Michael Gambon Dead at 82. Dumbledore ...

  9. Johari Window (Fringe) - Wikipedia

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    When Walter shows Astrid how the moth changes back to the butterfly when they enter the town, he says "a friend once said 'any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.'" This was originally said by Arthur C. Clarke, originally appearing in Clarke's 1973 revision of "Hazards of Prophecy: The Failure of Imagination".