Brief
Arthur C. Clarke
The claims the writer was given for Arthur C. Clarke, in the order they were given.
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Arthur C. Clarke is known for creating visionary depictions of possible futures.
“Arthur Clarke is known for spinning elaborate, visionary tales of futures that might be”
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2
Arthur C. Clarke said that many of his scientist friends think it is crazy to believe there is anything to the idea of zero-point energy.
“A lot of my scientist friends are crazy to believe there's anything in this.”
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3
Arthur C. Clarke said the idea of new forms of energy started with cold fusion, which everybody laughed out of court.
“It started with this so-called cold fusion business, which everybody laughed out of court.”
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4
Arthur C. Clarke is convinced there are new forms of energy being tapped that make even nuclear energy look trivial in comparison.
“But I'm now convinced that there are new forms of energy, which we are tapping, and they make even nuclear energy look trivial in comparison.”
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5
Arthur C. Clarke believes that when new forms of energy are controlled, the universe will open up.
“And when we control those energy sources, the universe will open up.”
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6
Arthur C. Clarke rebutted people who refuse to believe well-documented events, specifically the Apollo program moon missions.
“Clarke took an opportunity to rebut those who refuse to believe even well documented events, specifically, the Apollo moon missions.”
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7
Arthur C. Clarke considers it inconceivable that a programme involving hundreds of thousands of people, carried out over more than a decade in a blaze of publicity, could possibly be faked, referring to the Apollo program moon missions.
“I can't imagine anybody being stupid enough to think that a program involving hundreds of thousands of people, carried out over a period of [more than a decade], in a blaze of publicity, could possibly be faked.”
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8
Arthur C. Clarke told SPACE.com that he is fairly convinced life has been discovered on Mars.
“"I'm fairly convinced that we have discovered life on Mars," Clarke told SPACE.com”
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9
Arthur C. Clarke made his remarks about life on Mars to SPACE.com while Buzz Aldrin listened.
“Sunday as Buzz Aldrin listened.”
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10
Arthur C. Clarke considers photographs from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to be convincing proof of the existence of large forms of life on Mars.
“There are some incredible photographs from [the Jet Propulsion Laboratory], which to me are pretty convincing proof of the existence of large forms of life on Mars! Have a look at them. I don't see any other interpretation.”
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11
Buzz Aldrin did not comment on Arthur C. Clarke's claim about photographic evidence of life on Mars, and instead raised the topic of zero-point energy.
“Aldrin did not comment, but responded by referring to another remarkable topic, so-called zero-point energy”
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12
Buzz Aldrin asked Arthur C. Clarke to confirm agreement on the view that zero-point energy will be needed to reach Alpha Centauri.
“Turning to Clarke, he added, "Correct?"”
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13
Arthur C. Clarke said he was glad that Buzz Aldrin raised the controversial question of zero-point energy.
“"I'm glad that Buzz has raised this rather controversial question," Clarke said.”
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14
In December 2000, after seeing the glass tube images on Richard C. Hoagland's website, Arthur C. Clarke made a fuss about them at an event hosted by Carl Sagan's Planetary Society.
“After seeing the images on Hoagland’s website, Clarke made a fuss about them at an event in December 2000 hosted by Carl Sagan’s Planetary Society.”
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Arthur C. Clarke stated he believed the Martian glass tube images constituted evidence of life on Mars, thinking of the glass tubes as potentially fossil remains.
“Clarke’s flat statement, that he believed the images constituted evidence of life on Mars (he was thinking of the “glass tubes” as potentially fossil remains)”
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16
Arthur C. Clarke's statement about evidence of life on Mars made Planetary Society chairman Louis Friedman uncomfortable enough that Friedman abruptly ended the video conference with Clarke.
“made Society chairman Louis Friedman acutely uncomfortable—so much so, in fact, that he abruptly ended the video conference with Clarke.”
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Arthur C. Clarke said he was fairly convinced that life on Mars had been discovered, describing incredible photographs from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) as pretty convincing proof of the existence of large forms of life on Mars.
““I’m fairly convinced that we have discovered life on Mars. There are some incredible photographs from [the Jet Propulsion Laboratory], which to me are pretty convincing proof of the existence of large forms of life on Mars! Have a look at them. I don’t see any other interpretation.””
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch14:37998-38265 opinion first hand
18
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) staff geologists responded to Arthur C. Clarke's statements by attacking Clarke personally.
“NASA’s staff geologists were swift to respond. First, they attacked Clarke personally”
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19
Richard C. Hoagland noted the Fort tunnel feature at Cydonia's similarity to the Glass Tunnels of Mars he found several hundred kilometres west of Cydonia two years previously, which excited Arthur C. Clarke in 2001.
“It was first noted by us because of its similarity to the Glass Tunnels Hoagland found several hundred miles west of Cydonia two years previously, and that got Arthur C. Clarke so excited in 2001”
Dark Mission 2010-07-22 ch17:10136-10327 opinion first hand
20
Arthur C. Clarke stated that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
“A much-quoted statement by Arthur C. Clarke, that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic,"”
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At the end of Arthur C. Clarke's novel 2001: A Space Odyssey, David Bowman finds himself in a hotel room with a television above the bed, whereas in the film this television is replaced by the monolith.
“At the end of Arthur C. Clarke’s book, in the hotel room where Bowman eventually finds himself, there is a television above the bed. In the movie, the television is replaced by the monolith.”
American Cosmic 2019 ch4:37528-37709 observation first hand