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Sloppy reasoning. "Past results are no guarantee of future performance."



No, I really think that Kurzweil's claims of a technological singularity within our lifetime are extraordinary enough that he should be held to very strict standards of timing and prediction. Good grief, the man eats strange nutritional supplements by the handful in hope of living an extra 10 or 15 years and thus, by his theories, living forever.




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