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| author | Thomas Merz <git@rhoenwurz.de> | 2022-01-20 08:42:49 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Merz <git@rhoenwurz.de> | 2022-01-20 13:35:50 +0100 |
| commit | 36492867d3f619a58877ef3966a4a506b8615f47 (patch) | |
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| parent | f15e6fdb0c0268340027fb96325203a7c5056882 (diff) | |
Added Clarke's three laws for issues/375
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@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Like this project? Please considering [sponsoring me](https://github.com/sponsor * [The Broken Windows Theory](#the-broken-windows-theory) * [Brooks' Law](#brooks-law) * [CAP Theorem (Brewer's Theorem)](#cap-theorem-brewers-theorem) + * [Clarke's three laws](#clarkes-three-laws) * [Conway's Law](#conways-law) * [Cunningham's Law](#cunninghams-law) * [Dunbar's Number](#dunbars-number) @@ -187,6 +188,18 @@ See also: - [The Fallacies of Distributed Computing](#the-fallacies-of-distributed-computing) - [PACELC](#TODO) +### Clarke's three laws + +[Clarke's three laws on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws) + +Arthur C. Clarke, an british science fiction writer, formulated three adages that are known as Clarke's three laws. The third law is the best known and most widely cited. + +These so-called laws are: +- When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, they are almost certainly right. When they state that something is impossible, they are very probably wrong. +- The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. +- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. + + ### Conway's Law [Conway's Law on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law) |