From 36492867d3f619a58877ef3966a4a506b8615f47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Merz Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 08:42:49 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Added Clarke's three laws for issues/375 --- README.md | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5f2c834..419aa24 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Like this project? Please considering [sponsoring me](https://github.com/sponsor * [The Broken Windows Theory](#the-broken-windows-theory) * [Brooks' Law](#brooks-law) * [CAP Theorem (Brewer's Theorem)](#cap-theorem-brewers-theorem) + * [Clarke's three laws](#clarkes-three-laws) * [Conway's Law](#conways-law) * [Cunningham's Law](#cunninghams-law) * [Dunbar's Number](#dunbars-number) @@ -187,6 +188,18 @@ See also: - [The Fallacies of Distributed Computing](#the-fallacies-of-distributed-computing) - [PACELC](#TODO) +### Clarke's three laws + +[Clarke's three laws on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarke's_three_laws) + +Arthur C. Clarke, an british science fiction writer, formulated three adages that are known as Clarke's three laws. The third law is the best known and most widely cited. + +These so-called laws are: +- When a distinguished but elderly scientist states that something is possible, they are almost certainly right. When they state that something is impossible, they are very probably wrong. +- The only way of discovering the limits of the possible is to venture a little way past them into the impossible. +- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. + + ### Conway's Law [Conway's Law on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conway%27s_law)