Arthur C. Clarke: "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

[mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.social]

@FlohEinstein And those of us able to fix these indistinguishable problems are wizards. I guess magic is still alive and well.

[hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com]

@Sonikku @FlohEinstein Fair enough, I've been jumpy recently as people have more frequently attributed thought to computers because of the newfangled natural language interface.

[sonikku@techhub.social]

@hypolite @FlohEinstein completely understandable.

[hypolite@friendica.mrpetovan.com]

@mrgrumpymonkey @FlohEinstein It's funny to me every time a fantasy author tries to rationalize magic, as there wouldn't be any wizard in such a world, but "ether engineers", "flux technicians" and "mana managers".

[witch@calamity.world]

@FlohEinstein "It was DNS"

[mysturji@mastodonapp.uk]

@FlohEinstein
Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

[boydstephensmithjr@hachyderm.io]

@FlohEinstein I have a more (contra)positive take: "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced."

[gcvsa@mstdn.plus]

@FlohEinstein Generative systems are necromancy.

[kluthulhu@infosec.exchange]

@FlohEinstein aka printers.

[gerardo@mast.hpc.social]

@anderesu

Como solía decir mi hermana: "La maldad intrínseca de los objetos inanimados".

@FlohEinstein

[goosey@mastodon.sdf.org]

@FlohEinstein

That is beautiful and way too true and is going into my quotes file.

[orionkidder@writing.exchange]

@FlohEinstein My god.

That's *deep*.

[lionesslady@mindly.social]

@FlohEinstein YES

[dancingtreefrog@mastodon.social]

@FlohEinstein A probably-misremembered quote of an old IBM engineer: "Of course I believe in miracles. Without them, computers wouldn't work at all."

[60srefugee@spacey.space]

@FlohEinstein See mysterious physical and mental ailments, biology and psychology being the ultimate complex systems (although economics is also a contender).

[drwho@masto.hackers.town]

@FlohEinstein Thank you kindly.

[floheinstein@chaos.social]

@drwho how could I say no to the Doctor?