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Re: David Brin's latest novel, and a TED talk
sojourner wrote:
Better hurry up with that there singularity. |
All such predictions never take into account future developments, this includes food shortages, fuel shortages, power shortages, etc. I believe I've provided more than a share of potential ways out of such problems.
It's very human to think the negative outcomes are more likely than positive ones:
http://www.companyfounder.com/category/negativity/
panic response:
http://www.companyfounder.com/2011/0...ames-approach/
My Name Is Legion wrote:
sojourner wrote:
Robert Maxwell wrote:
I'm not afraid of technology or the future, dude. I welcome them. I wish the Singularity was right around the corner--the idea of being a transhuman sounds badass.
Doesn't mean I'm willing to delude myself into believing it's about to happen, though. |
QFT. Being a realist is not "fear". |
Neither is knowing what one is talking about, of course. For the most part, the evangelists don't - their followers certainly don't.
Believers in this nonsense don't realize how blinkered accusing people of being "afraid of" the Singularity is - it's exactly the same as religionists accusing atheists of "being angry at God," completely missing any understanding of what the disagreement is about. |
Well Im also an atheist, so it wont be coming from me. 
RAMA
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Last edited by RAMA; June 12 2012 at 08:28 AM.
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