wedrifid comments on Ben Goertzel: The Singularity Institute's Scary Idea (and Why I Don't Buy It) - Less Wrong

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Comment author: wedrifid 07 November 2010 04:27:18PM 0 points [-]

I thought that the advance of scientific knowledge is an evolutionary process?

It is, literally. Although the usage of the term 'evolution' in this context has itself evolved such that has different, far narrower meaning here.

Comment author: timtyler 19 November 2010 08:37:41PM * -1 points [-]

The term "evolution" usually means what it says in the textbooks on the subject.

They essentially talk about changes in the genetic make up of a population over time.

Science evolves in precisely that sense - e.g. see:

Comment author: wedrifid 19 November 2010 10:05:04PM 0 points [-]

I stand by my statement, leaving it unchanged.

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