Clarke's laws are
adages invented by
science fiction writer
Arthur C. Clarke. The third of these laws is the one most often cited.
Clarke's first law states that:
- "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."
Clarke's second law states that:
- "The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible."
Clarke's third law states that:
- "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."