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Charles Arthur [6]
technology editor at The Independent newspaper
Arthur's Law

Arthur's First Law

Nothing is evenly spread; everything happens in clumps. The universe has clumps—galaxies, star systems, stars, planets, asteroids. You meet an old friend for the first time in years, then again and again. The smart folk are all together. It's a universal.

Arthur's Second Law

More data is good, and drives out the bad.

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[1] http://www.edge.org/annual-question/whats-your-law
[2] http://www.edge.org/inthenews/whats-your-law
[3] http://www.edge.org/contributors/whats-your-law
[4] http://www.edge.org/responses/whats-your-law
[5] http://www.edge.org/print/response-detail/11463
[6] http://www.edge.org/memberbio/charles__arthur