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Written by Wordsmith   
Tuesday, 27 May 2008
"Every revolutionary idea seems to evoke three stages of reaction. They may be summed up by the phrases: (1) It's completely impossible. (2) It's possible, but it's not worth doing. (3) I said it was a good idea all along."
Arthur C Clarke
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written by Nigel Sedgwick, May 27, 2008
What an excellent pithy saying.

Sadly however, I must report my doubt that all three stages apply to "every revolutionary idea"; they only apply to the good ones.

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