“When a distinguished and elderly scientist says something is possible, he is almost certainly correct; when he says something is impossible he is very probably wrong.”
Apparently he presented this as the first of three principles, the others being:
“The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little past them.”
And the third is probably the most famous one:
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
The quote is from Arthur C. Clark:
Apparently he presented this as the first of three principles, the others being:
And the third is probably the most famous one:
Thanks!
Thank you for making me look it up. I thought it was Isaac Asimov for some reason!