Posted by
Victoria Hughes on
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/mystery-and-emergence-tp3599553p3600716.html
Could we get all these on a t-shirt and then sell it as a fundraiser?
or just distribute them amongst ourselves...?
Although I believe Clarke said 'technology' not 'science'.
On Sep 7, 2009, at 8:24 PM, Steve Smith wrote:
> All this talk of emergence and mystery reminds me wonderfully of
> Clarke's third law:
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic"
>
> and the many wonderful riffs on that including:
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from
> technology"
> - Niven & then Pratchett
>
> "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently
> advanced."
> - Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Law
>
> or my mostest favorites:
>
> "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science!"
> - Agatha Heterodyne
>
> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from a
> yo-yo,"
> - Neal Stephenson (in the voice of Enoch Root)
>
>
> So perhaps:
>
> "Any sufficiently subtle emergence is indistinguishable from
> mystery".
> or
> "Any sufficiently analyzed emergence is indistinguishable from ..."
>
>
>
> - Steve
>
>
>
>
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