How Arthur C. Clarke’s three laws apply to alien technology

Image credit: Buyenlarge / Getty Images. Article by Adam Frank. Big Think – October 28, 2021.

• Science fiction writer and futurologist Arthur C. Clarke devised “three laws,” the third of which states, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”
• That is certainly true, but what if physics fundamentally limits the “magic” that we (or other civilizations) are capable of?
• There is no reason to assume that technology will advance exponentially forever. […]

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