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• Clarke's First Law 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....
• 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....
• When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists and supports that idea with great fervor and emotion--the distinguished but elderly scientists are the
  after all, probably right....
• In matters of belief, he who is absolutely sure he is right is almost certainly dead wrong.
  -- Kelvin Throop...
• When elderly and distinguished scientists denounce a new idea, it will turn out to be right.
• Scott's First Law: No matter what goes wrong, it will probably look right.
  Scott's Second Law: When an error has been detected and corrected, it will be found to have been wrong in the first place....
• When you're dining out and you suspect something's wrong, you're probably right.
• When a person is always right, there is something wrong.