On  6 Mar 98 -itlon at 23:20 -itlon, Aya Nakajima said-itlon:

Hmmm! That is something! And here I always thought that magic was just a
science that was sufficiently enough advanced that it could not be defined by
our present facts or theories on the subject! ie: the power(s) of the mind!
Is it really there; these people who claim to be able to see the future or
lift or bend objects with thier mind! Advanced advanced (yes I meant to say
it twice) science......... Or Magic?! 0_o

A very common error, originating from a mistake in recounting Clarke's 
assertation.  The actual relationship is as follows:

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is *indistinguishable* from magic," 
meaning that--from a normal, human perspective, the difference between the 
two is infinitely obscured.  An analogous relationship: "acceleration [insert 
appropiate qualifiers here] is indistinguishable from gravity," yet 
acceleration is merely a vector quantity component of force--not a force 
itself (as gravity is).

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