British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke formulated three adages that are known as Clarke's three laws, of which the third law is the best known and most widely cited.
[1] The laws are: One account stated that Clarke's laws were developed after the editor of his works in French started numbering the author's assertions.
It was published in a 1968 letter to Science magazine[5] and eventually added to the 1973 revision of the "Hazards of Prophecy" essay.
Isaac Asimov's Corollary to Clarke's First Law: "When, however, the lay public rallies round an idea that is denounced by distinguished but elderly scientists and supports that idea with great fervour and emotion – the distinguished but elderly scientists are then, after all, probably right.
"[12]A contrapositive of the third law is "Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced."