Friday, February 19, 2010

Why bother discussing futurism at all if we can supposedly do anything we want without any necessary consequences or limitations


from NewAtlantis:
A defining feature of Singularitarianism is its basis in a fantasy world in which anything is possible (or at least, in which we have no way knowing for sure what isn't). This gives Singularitarians a way of wriggling out of any argument by saying that no matter what the potential problem, we'll be able to find a way around it (or at least, we don't know for sure that we won't).