The Singularity as Religion (yes/no links)

lukeprog

My own opinion is that it's not worth much to argue over the boundaries around a vague term like 'religion,' and of course the question should not be 'Does the Singularity hypothesis share some features with religious hypotheses' but instead 'Is the Singularity hypothesis plausible, and what are its likely consequences?'

you must criticise the beliefs directly, not reason by analogy to superficially similar beliefs held by other groups.

I just did for the example you gave. Did you want me to do so for all of the examples given on my list?

Since many of the examples on your list are things that transhumanists don't believe, or things that only some people using the name believe, I'm not necessarily interested. I already know that literally eternal lifespans are impossible within current physics, for example.

I'm still unsure about the millions of years thing, I don't know of any physical principle that prohibits it so I'm not willing to rule it out just yet. Also, actuarial escape velocity only requires that that life expectancies rise, which you say you expect, and that they do so at a certa... (read more)

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