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Re:Does irrationality fuel innovation? by hyperpallium on Saturday April 08, 2017 @06:47PM (#14069478)
"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."

https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws (The first of his three laws, the third of which is the magic-tech one)

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Re:Does irrationality fuel innovation? by Ngunyan on Saturday April 08, 2017 @10:45PM (#14070183)
Are you implying time travel is certainly possible?

"Even if it turns out that time travel is impossible, it is important that we understand why it is impossible." - Stephen Hawking

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