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In reply to the discussion: Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from Godhood.. [View all]Kelvin Mace
(17,469 posts)21. Not my thought at all
just a mistaking of two similar ideas. If you have not read The Last Question, I would highly recommend it, as it is one of Asimov's masterpieces of short-story writing.
Available here: http://www.multivax.com/last_question.html
It also relates (though not intentionally, I am sure) to Clarke's Three Laws, specifically #3, which you paraphrase.
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Fumesucker
Feb 2015
OP
I wrongly attributed TLQ to Clarke in the OP and then edited when it was pointed out to me..
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#22
In Childhood's End some idiot tried to fire a nuke at the alien guardians, and promptly disappeared.
leveymg
Feb 2015
#7
I think this feeds into an evolutionary defense mechanism; our predisposition to faith.
AtheistCrusader
Feb 2015
#9
He wrote quite a bit of stuff that's not in that subgenre, I don't read fantasy either any more
Fumesucker
Feb 2015
#25