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What Is the Last Question? (edge.org)
4 points by Dowwie on Feb 3, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



> Will AI make the Luddites (mostly) right?

"Yes" will be our Last Answer.

> What might the last fully biological human's statement be at their last supper?

"The Luddites were (mostly) right"

> Will we pass our audition as planetary managers?

> Will scientific advances about the causes of sexual conflict help to end the "battle of the sexes"?

> Can natural selection's legacy of sex differences in values be reconciled with the universal values of the Enlightenment?

> Will humans ever embrace their own diversity?

Will the virtue signaling ever stop?

> If science does in fact confirm that we lack free will, what are the implications for our notions of blame, punishment, reward, and moral responsibility?

A better question: Why is that so hard to understand that the answer is "none"?




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