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From: guy@slu70.UUCP (Guy M. Smith)
Newsgroups: net.sf-lovers
Subject: Re: book info req.
Message-ID: <146@slu70.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 31-Jan-86 13:34:47 EST
Article-I.D.: slu70.146
Posted: Fri Jan 31 13:34:47 1986
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References: <1119@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>
Organization: Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO
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Summary: attribution

In article <1119@caip.RUTGERS.EDU>, Slocum.CSCDA@HI-MULTICS.ARPA@caip.RUTGERS.EDU writes:
> similar to magic.  A very good example of Lazarus Long's comment "A
> sufficiently high level of technology is indistinguishable from magic."
> (Or something like that.)
> 
I think this comment actually originated with Arthur Clarke from whom
Heinlein borrowed it. Being picky about citations is one of the curses of
being an academic. I even find myself citing sources for jokes.