> ... When he states that something is impossible, he is very probably wrong.
Plenty of distinguished but elderly scientists have said that the existence of ghosts is impossible. Therefore, in the view of people who quote Clarke's First Law, ghosts probably exist.
tl;dr As Voltaire said "A witty saying proves nothing."
Plenty of distinguished but elderly scientists have said that the existence of ghosts is impossible. Therefore, in the view of people who quote Clarke's First Law, ghosts probably exist.
tl;dr As Voltaire said "A witty saying proves nothing."
(Aside from that, didn't we already discuss this not long ago in https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21207011 ?)