[ExI] Kurzweil honored for inventing the Singularity

Mike Dougherty msd001 at gmail.com
Fri Dec 26 07:24:26 UTC 2008


On Fri, Dec 26, 2008 at 1:48 AM, Damien Broderick <thespike at satx.rr.com>wrote:

> I suppose if one belatedly uses and develops a variant of a brilliant new
> theory it becomes one's theory, but I think it would be a bit odious to
> applaud someone writing a book about spacetime for "his theory of
> Relativity," unless he were named Einstein.
>
> Dr. Vernor Vinge doesn't seem to get upset by his being constant sidelined
> or sidebarred, but it makes me bite my lip to see this happening so often.
>

I'd like to thank Mr. Descartes for his Proof of Existence...
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