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Singularitarianism? >> Pharyngula
PZ Myers, biologist:
Magazines will continue to praise Kurzweil's techno-religion in sporadic bursts, and followers will continue to gullibly accept what he says because it is what they wish would happen. Kurzweil will die while brain-uploading and immortality are still vague dreams; he will be frozen in liquid nitrogen, which will so thoroughly disrupt his cells that even if we discover how to cure whatever kills him, there will be no hope of recovering the mind and personality of Kurzweil from the scrambled chaos of his dead brain.


Perhaps "Singularitology"?
science  singularity  nonsense 
february 2012 by guardiantech
Paul Allen: The Singularity Isn't Near >> Technology Review
"By working through a set of models and historical data, Kurzweil famously calculates that the singularity will arrive around 2045.

"This prediction seems to us quite far-fetched. Of course, we are aware that the history of science and technology is littered with people who confidently assert that some event can't happen, only to be later proven wrong—often in spectacular fashion. We acknowledge that it is possible but highly unlikely that Kurzweil will eventually be vindicated. An adult brain is a finite thing, so its basic workings can ultimately be known through sustained human effort."

Hope this doesn't spoil your plans.
charlesarthur  singularity  from delicious
october 2011 by guardiantech

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