Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Fare thee well, Mr. Clarke Clarke's Three Laws: 1. 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. 2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. 3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke, Premier Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 90. Mr. Clarke was a writer whose seamless blend of scientific expertise and poetic imagination helped usher in the space age. [NYT > Books] 8:17:11 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

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