Arthur C. Clarke Quotes on Perception
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Clarke's Third Law: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
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Our age is in many ways unique, full of events and phenomena that never occurred before and can never happen again. They distort our thinking, making us believe that what is true now will be true forever, though perhaps on a larger scale. Because we have annihilated distance on this planet, we imagine that we can do it once again. The facts are otherwise, and we see them more clearly if we forget the present and turn our minds towards the past.
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Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
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Any sufficiently retarded magic is indistinguishable from technology.
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Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from technology.