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[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 27 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Paraphrasing Arthur C. Clarke: Any technology is indistinguishable from magic, to the sufficiently ignorant.

[–] bss03@infosec.pub 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Clarke's Maxim: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Corollary / Contrapositive: Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

My version seems like another good corollary.