[ExI] Inevitability of the Singularity (was Re: To Max, re Natasha and Extropy (Kevin Haskell)

[BillK]

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 8:26 PM, Damien Broderick wrote:
> And now I think about it, I recall with a shudder that Elron Hubbard used it
> for an execrable short story in ASTOUNDING:
>
> The Automagic Horse (1949)
>
>


Another dictionary indirectly credits Clarke................

Blend of automatic and magic; from the principle (often called
Clarke's third law) that any sufficiently advanced technology is
indistinguishable from magic.


BillK