Re: Live Long Enough to Live Forever (x-post)
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Is 5000 years literal?? Or is it an obvious exagerration?? I didnt really get that.
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That is Abrey De Gray's literal prediction. The authors of the book state that theoretically that is possible, but the real numbers they give are much smaller. I have a feeling Ray Kurzweil doesn't want to give out numbers because The Singularity will result in changing the world beyond recognition.
The Singularity it basically the point in the near future at which humans and computers will be indistinguishable for each other. Right now we have prostethic arms, cochlear implans. Think about what will happen when technology along those lines supplements the brain instead. Some crazy [censored] is gonna happen.
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