[ExI] Inevitability of the Singularity (was Re: To Max, re Natasha and Extropy (Kevin Haskell)

[Keith Henson]

On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 11:25 AM, Samantha Atkins <sjatkins at mac.com> wrote:

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> Some day I will believe humanity has become more rational.  It will be just
> after it stops talking about GW as being its main concern in the next few
> decades.  Even the IPCC studies to no support the kind of alarm bandied
> about on this subject.  The median temperature gain over the century from
> the many studies presented is 1.5 C.  I think it is pretty obvious that that
> isn't going to wipe out humanity any time soon and is not anywhere near as
> pressing a threat as say economic meltdown and/or major energy wars.    But
> when I say as much even extremely bright people act as if I am promoting
> creationism.

The really silly part is that solutions to both the economic meltdown
and staying out of energy wars take exactly same steps as reducing
carbon emissions.  That seems to be something that seems impossible to
get across.

Keith