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Ben Goertzel: The Singularity Institute's Scary Idea (and Why I Don't Buy It)

30th Oct 2010

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http://multiverseaccordingtoben.blogspot.com/2010/10/singularity-institutes-scary-idea-and.html

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Way to quotemine. Here's the next line, for people who haven't yet read the article themselves:

"But I'm not terribly certain of this, any more than I'm terribly certain of its opposite."

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Regardless of how not-so-certain he is about it, it seems pretty irrational to say, "well, maybe this bad scenario will happen, but my wishful thinking scenario is just as likely!".