[extropy-chat] the "singularity" word

[Samantha Atkins]

I very much doubt that a singularity will look like "more of the
same".  It would not be a singularity if so.  There is ample reason to
believe we are soon to face a very real singularity that will very
much not look like more of the same.  Mere rapidity of change is not
all that is being called "singularity".    But there are limits in
even the mere rapidity of change that are beyond what we finite beings
can cope with or comprehend.    One does not have to like it to see
that it is on the way.

- s


On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 16:41:51 +0200, Giu1i0 Pri5c0 <pgptag at gmail.com> wrote:
> I also don't like "Singularity" too much. Even if something happens
> that would look like a singularity from our point of view, I am fairly
> sure that it will look like more of the same to those who experience
> it: they will have grown used to very rapid change.
> G.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 15:57:18 +0100, Amara Graps <amara at amara.com> wrote:
> > 'We need a better word than "Singularity"'
> > Brad Templeton's blog, September 20
> >
> > http://ideas.4brad.com/
> >
> > Amara
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