His first law is: “When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, he is almost certainly right. When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.” His second law is: “The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible”.

Via:

Venketash Rao: <https://substack.com/@contraptions/note/c-306478452>: ‘Gonna steal this one:

Floh Einstein: ‘Arthur C. Clarke: “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Me: “Therefore, any sufficiently advanced technological problem is indistinguishable from a curse”…

Should I, again, show this slide to my undergraduates next year?:

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