6 Arthur C. Clarke Quotes on Innovation

Arthur C. Clarke quotes on innovation

43. Clarke's Second Law: The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.

44. Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

45. Clarke's Law of Revolutionary Ideas: Every revolutionary idea - in science, politics, art, or whatever - seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: (1) 'It's completely impossible - don't waste my time'; (2) 'It's possible, but it's not worth doing'; (3) 'I said it was a good idea all along.'

72. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from doubletalk.

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73. Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

74. Any sufficiently retarded magic is indistinguishable from technology.