mhardy6647
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I mean... figures.Bad luck, Charlie Darwin.
ol' Chuck had figures.
I mean... figures.Bad luck, Charlie Darwin.
Not after it is explained.“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”
Arthur C. Clarke (1962*)
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* New Scientist sez 1973
Clarke's three laws
Clarke's three laws, written by the British science fiction writer and futurist Arthur C. Clarke, are his observations on the nature of technology and discovery.www.newscientist.com
"If it can’t be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion.
It has long been known that one horse can run faster than another – but which one?
Differences are crucial." - Robert Heinlein
I think the real originator of this quote (or at least the core idea) was Lord Kelvin ...
Sensus communisI wonder why they call it that.
if it looks like duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck. -Anonymous.
"A duck floats in water [bread, apples, very small rocks, cider, gravy, cherries, mud, churches, lead]. If the woman weighs the same as a duck, then she is made of wood. The woman weighs the same as a duck. Therefore, the woman is a witch." - Arthur, King of the Britons
The Fallacy of the Undistributed Middle
Or [Groucho] Marx's corollary:This crowd is very cerebral. I like simpler statements like,
if it looks like duck, swims like a duck, quacks like a duck, it’s probably a duck. -Anonymous.
OK, not formally avian, but flight-themed, and with an allusion to Sir Arthur Eddington to boot!Time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like a banana.
But I find myself drifting inexorably off-topic...Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
There's such a thing as too much technology
Chaos is Opportunity
In my "technology strategy" days, working for a Pfarmaceutical company with a Pfunny name I coined what I, with characteristic modesty, dubbed Hardy's Law of Technology.
A favorite example, which would be perfect if it weren't for its being apocryphal:
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This is not to be confused with Hardy's Law
That's where the Geek's Corollary comes in: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.Not after it is explained.
Duck have to careful to never fly upside down.“…an African [duck], maybe. But not a European [duck].”
The metrical query being how many ducks are required to carry the woman vs. the witch.
"Tastes just like Wensleydale"I prefer quoting Wallace and Gromit.
A deepity!That sounds profound without being profound.
Everybody knows the moon is made of cheese...I prefer quoting Wallace and Gromit.