From: J. R. Molloy (jr@shasta.com)
Date: Sat Aug 25 2001 - 12:58:01 MDT
From: "John Clark" <jonkc@worldnet.att.net>
> So what did this "prodigious intellect" accomplish in his 46 years?
> He wrote a book about streetcar transfers, that's about it.
> It seems high IQ and genius are not quite synonymous.
Hmmm... I guess we'll have to call off Vernor Vinge's Singularity.
A superhuman intellect may do nothing more than write a footnote to Abraham
Sterling's book.
And a lump of computronium the size of our galaxy might only get up enough
gumption to plagiarize half of Douglas Adams' famous "42" by writing "21."
"Sitting quietly, doing nothing" may turn out to be the smartest advice after
all.
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Stay hungry,
--J. R.
Useless hypotheses, etc.:
consciousness, phlogiston, philosophy, vitalism, mind, free will, qualia,
analog computing, cultural relativism, GAC, Cyc, Eliza, cryonics, individual
uniqueness, ego
Everything that can happen has already happened, not just once,
but an infinite number of times, and will continue to do so forever.
(Everything that can happen = more than anyone can imagine.)
http://www.kartoo.com/cgi-bin/k.cgi?q=virtropy&l=0&m=1
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