From: "Robert A. Rosenberg" <hal9001@panix.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 15:43:20 +0800
To: jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com>
Subject: Re: Arthur C. Clarke Supports Strong Crypto
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At 21:06 2/4/96, jim bell wrote:

>At 08:05 PM 2/4/96 -0800, Timothy C. May wrote:
>>
>>(Pardon me for mentioning crypto...)
>>
>>Arthur C. Clarke, known to most of you (author of many SF works, coiner of
>>the phrase: "all sufficiently advanced technlogies are indistinguishable
>>from magic," mention by Alan Olsen yesterday), has a role in a "Discovery
>>Channel" program called "Mysterious Universe."
>
>Actually, it was _I_ who mentioned this quote, but didn't specifically
>recall whom to ascribe it to.

It is known (at least among Science Fiction Fans) as "Clarke's Law" and I
seem to remember it more accurately phrased as "Any sufficiently advanced
technology is indistinguishable from Magic". It is similar to suggesting
that "Magic is any Technology that you do not understand".