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23 Post author: multifoliaterose 19 August 2010 10:47PM

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Comment author: cousin_it 20 August 2010 06:45:43PM * 3 points [-]

I don't understand why downvote this. It does sound like an accurate representation of the outside view.

Comment author: Nick_Tarleton 20 August 2010 09:41:21PM 7 points [-]

We all already know about this pattern match. Its reiteration is boring and detracts from the conversation.

Comment author: timtyler 14 May 2011 04:09:50PM * 2 points [-]

We all already know about this pattern match. Its reiteration is boring and detracts from the conversation.

If this particular critique has been made more clearly elsewhere, perhaps let me know, and I will happily link to there in the future.

Update 2011-05-30: There's now this recent article: The “Rapture” and the “Singularity” Have Much in Common - which makes a rather similar point.

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