Emlyn wrote:
>
> I think I missed a bunch of posts, no idea why, damned ISP (they'll be first
> against the wall when the singularity comes, don't worry about that).
> Anyway, this slow singularity thing has got me beat. Doesn't the idea
> contradict the definition? Exponential (or double exponential or whatever
> people are calling it, where the rate of acceleration increases), doesn't
> really have a slow option.
Well sure. But we may have more time than some think before the near
vertical component of the curve is entered. This will give more human
minds time to be augmented or uploaded and hopefully make the main event
more capable of being coped with.
- samantha
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