Comment on Existential Risk and Public Relations

Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:52:51 GMT

The problem is, how do you get the point through to PZ and other biologists who come at the question from an evo-devo PoV?

Why bother? PZ's rather misguided rant isn't doing very much damage. Just ignore him, I figure.

Maybe it is a slow news day. PZ's rant got Slashdotted:

http://science.slashdot.org/story/10/08/17/1536233/Ray-Kurzweil-Does-Not-Understand-the-Brain

PZ has stooped pretty low with the publicity recently:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/08/the_eva_mendes_sex_tape.php

Maybe he was trolling with his Kurzweil rant. He does have a history with this subject matter, though:

http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/singularly_silly_singularity.php

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