[ExI] biggest insights on the singularity

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of BillK via extropy-chat
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>...But it is pointless to make bets about such a cataclysmic event in human history.
Would you make a bet on when you would die? You'd never be around to collect your winnings.  :)

BillK

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Sure BillK, but that is what we are doing when we buy life insurance.  In buying a policy, we are betting we will die, the insurance company is betting we will live.  They win that bet most of the time, which is why they make so much money.

spike