From: Peter C. McCluskey (pcm@rahul.net)
Date: Sun Dec 01 1996 - 19:09:56 MST
sentience@pobox.com (Eliezer Yudkowsky) writes:
>---Quick Intro To The Singularity---
>
>1) Computers double in power every eighteen months.
>2) Computers double in power every eighteen *subjective* months.
>3) Three years after computers match human researchers, computing power
>goes to infinity.
Infinity is a really big number. Claiming without evidence that
a physical process will reach that before Tipler's Omega point is
a sure way to convince smart people that you are sloppy or a crackpot.
sentience@pobox.com (Eliezer Yudkowsky) writes:
>THIS IS NOT PHILOSOPHY!
>THIS IS MEMETIC ENGINEERING!
>*WHAT* DOES IT *TAKE* TO GET THAT *THROUGH* TO YOU PEOPLE!
Gee, it might take some memetic engineering.
You are apparently trying to communicate ideas that Vinge has
already communicated to a number of people. You seem to think
that the caps lock key is a valuable tool for spreading memes.
Why do I suspect you won't be as succesfull as Vinge?
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