Arthur C. Clark - 3 laws of prediction

I'm not much of a science fiction fan, I can recognize a great writer with the best of em. Arthur C. Clarke passed recently and I couldn't help remember something I read. But with the recent passing This seemed just a small token of his genius, but well worth the quick post and quick read.

Arthur C. Clark
3 Laws of Prediction

1. 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.
2. The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible.
3. Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.