" Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. — ARTHUR C. CLARKE Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. — GREGORY BENFORD The reason why truth is so much stranger than fiction is that there is no requirement for it to be consistent. — MARK TWAIN There are no turtles anywhere. — PONDER STIBBONS "

― Terry Pratchett , The Science of Discworld (The Science of Discworld, #1)