Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

JHB

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Sun Sep-04-05 01:52 PM
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Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

Edited on Sun Sep-04-05 02:10 PM by JHB

I'd never hear that perticular variant of "Clarke's Law" ("Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic" -- Arthur C. Clark) before catching it today at Avedon Carol's blog The Sideshow (http://www.sideshow.me.uk/), but it was worth passing on.

If the shoe fits...

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Jackpine Radical

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Sun Sep-04-05 01:56 PM
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1. Incidentally, Clarke was wrong.

Magic follows distinct rules. Whether or not something follows those rules determines whether it is magic. If the advanced technology doesn't follow those rules, it is distinguishable from magic.

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glitch

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Sun Sep-04-05 02:08 PM
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2. And vice versa - it's called plausible deniability I believe. nt

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Jawja

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Sun Sep-04-05 02:09 PM
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3. As in

Ruthlessly Stupid??

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