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Steam Punk- Science Fiction or Fantasy (Affinity Bridge partial spoiler)
Rod Posted Dec 11, 2012
Did anyone quote Clarke's Third Law? (Arthur,C. that is) - or did I miss it?
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic".
Steam Punk- Science Fiction or Fantasy (Affinity Bridge partial spoiler)
~ jwf ~ scribblo ergo sum Posted Dec 11, 2012
>> Technomages <<
Yay! Thank you, Alfster.
It was Bab 5 was it?
The more I think about it - always a dangerous thing -
the more I wanna say it was Farscape. Or Dune. They
had a weirdness all their own - the whole idea being
that smokey-mirrored bridge between what works and
knowing how it works.
~jwf~
Steam Punk- Science Fiction or Fantasy (Affinity Bridge partial spoiler)
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Dec 11, 2012
Yes, I've heard of Clarke's Third Law. I think he's right on the mark with it.
Steam Punk- Science Fiction or Fantasy (Affinity Bridge partial spoiler)
Rod Posted Dec 11, 2012
Yes, paulh.
A case in point is that girl whose leukaemia has been curbed (cured?) by using, modified (of all things, apparently) HIV.
http://www.inquisitr.com/431832/doctors-use-hiv-to-cure-7-year-olds-cancer/
(among others)
This had me throwing-up-hands-disbelieving when it appeared on the news. After looking it up, I'm simply gobsmacked.
I'm trying to formulate a Q for Ask...
Steam Punk- Science Fiction or Fantasy (Affinity Bridge partial spoiler)
Rod Posted Dec 11, 2012
I've put it in SEx
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