Arthur C. Clarke

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On 12 August 1851, when she was dying of cancer, Lovelace wrote to him asking him to be her executor, though this letter did not give him the necessary legal authority.

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Clarke emigrated to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) in 1956, to pursue his interest in scuba diving. That year, he discovered the underwater ruins of the ancient original Koneswaram Temple in Trincomalee.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke, Profiles of the Future (revised edition, 1973)
It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. Arthur C. Clarke, clarkefoundation.org
Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. Arthur C. Clarke

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Arthur C. Clarke (Wikipedia) Sir Arthur Charles Clarke CBE FRAS (16 December 1917 – 19 March 2008) was an English science fiction writer, science writer, futurist, inventor, undersea explorer, and television series host.