12th June 2009, 6:46 AM
There is going to be a movie regarding Kurzweil and his works within the concept of the Singularity.
"Transcendent Man"
postscript: The idea that the Singularity is 'rapture for nerds' is entirely untrue. Those of us who desire such an outcome desire that a massive paradigm shift is going to solve many of the problems we have today, but I don't think any of us believe it is a substitute for eternal heaven, or that it will automatically make us perfect. On the contrary, we will find ourselves challenged by entirely new problems and quandaries. When we evolved to use fire and tools, we abrogated much of the problems we had as tree apes, only to present ourselves with new problems of social interaction, and eventually politics, morality, and religion.
The Singularity is not an end. It is a step forward on the evolutionary ladder. Well, it's more realistically a quantum leap on the ladder, honestly. It is not, however, a conclusion to evolution, nor is it nerd heaven. These are terms thrown about by skeptics.
"Transcendent Man"
postscript: The idea that the Singularity is 'rapture for nerds' is entirely untrue. Those of us who desire such an outcome desire that a massive paradigm shift is going to solve many of the problems we have today, but I don't think any of us believe it is a substitute for eternal heaven, or that it will automatically make us perfect. On the contrary, we will find ourselves challenged by entirely new problems and quandaries. When we evolved to use fire and tools, we abrogated much of the problems we had as tree apes, only to present ourselves with new problems of social interaction, and eventually politics, morality, and religion.
The Singularity is not an end. It is a step forward on the evolutionary ladder. Well, it's more realistically a quantum leap on the ladder, honestly. It is not, however, a conclusion to evolution, nor is it nerd heaven. These are terms thrown about by skeptics.
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