i know he was joking. so was i, hehehe. i'm not into religion or any other superstitions, but a technocult might be fun - especially when we have the nano...
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soreff
Apr 10, 2002 5:48 pm
... based ... the ... point. ... "Singularity," ... and ... End of ... in ... time of ... but ... that ... challenges. ... any ... in ... ultimately ... ...
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Ooo0001@...
Apr 10, 2002 6:09 am
In a message dated 4/9/2002 8:24:38 PM Pacific Daylight Time, ... <G> Here we go again! Just a heads up to the one who posed the question about "when" in the...
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Mark Gubrud
mark_gubrud
Apr 10, 2002 3:23 am
Statements like "the Singularity will occur in 25 or 35 years" are based on little more than crude arguments about information networks, artificial...
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
eliezer_2001
Apr 10, 2002 3:22 am
... Okay... the trick is going to be giving an impartial, broad-based answer to this question even though I personally think the Singularity Institute is ...
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marilyn1mew
Apr 10, 2002 12:41 am
tanx william, that's what i've been reading, but with Raymond K's double exponential advancement rule, i thought those estimates might be way old. ^_^ ... live...
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Ooo0001@...
Apr 10, 2002 12:40 am
In a message dated 4/9/2002 10:21:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time, ... Pssst. He was joking--referring to solving the rest of the world's problems. B-)...
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Andrew
derry@...
Apr 10, 2002 12:40 am
I'd think in 24,000 years we'd all be making our own little (relatively) toy universes to play with.. With the 20 - 50 or so years that many people talk about...
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marilyn1mew
Apr 9, 2002 11:32 pm
k, Eliezer, what do i do to make the singularity happen? i have no skills in any field connected to it, but if there's anything i can do, i will. ... we go ...
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William R. Cousert
wrcousert
Apr 9, 2002 10:13 pm
Current guestimates are 10 to 30 years. If you don't think you'll live that long, sign up for cryonics. marilyn1mew <marilyn1mew@...> wrote: tanx Mark...
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
eliezer_2001
Apr 9, 2002 9:19 pm
Marilyn, the Singularity is not a "will occur". It happens whenever we go out and make it happen. It's not something you can just sit around and wait for....
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marilyn1mew
Apr 9, 2002 5:19 pm
24,000 years? there are several noted futurists who say the 'singularity' will occur in 2035 and maybe as early as 2025. at that point in time we would be...
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marilyn1mew
Apr 9, 2002 5:19 pm
tanx Mark and Eduardo! i liked Marks answer much better, hehehe, but i must admit i was hoping all this would take place in the next 20/30 years. i guess i...
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Gina Miller
nanogyrl
Apr 9, 2002 3:23 am
Nanogirl News April 8, 2002 Carbon Nanotubes Grow Up, Out, and In All Three Dimensions. Rensselaer Researchers Achieve Unprecedented Control over Nanotube ...
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Raj Gupta
rajgupta121
Apr 8, 2002 5:34 pm
Hi, Does anybody have STM images of HOPG ZYB type at different length scales? I will be grateful if you could provide me the images. Thanking you and best...
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Mark Gubrud
mark_gubrud
Apr 7, 2002 8:34 pm
... Drexler's glib arguments in Engines of Creation notwithstanding, the technical state of the art in "nanomedicine" is represented by Freitas' volume of the...
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Eduardo Mendez
eduardomev
Apr 7, 2002 8:33 pm
The process that makes cells old is oxidation (bassically), there are other problems in the neurocortex, so bassically we need molecular machines.....and we...
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marilyn1mew
Apr 7, 2002 7:06 pm
hiyaz! what's the latest estimate on when we will all become young and beautiful forever? ^_^...
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
eliezer_2001
Apr 6, 2002 2:35 am
... I wouldn't call this case open-and-shut - it takes a lot of knowledge to see this for the totally lopsided issue it is - but I agree with Gubrud. And if ...
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Mark Gubrud
mark_gubrud
Apr 6, 2002 1:28 am
Read my paper "Nanotechnology and International Security," posted at http://www.foresight.org/Conferences/MNT05/Papers/Gubrud.html if you haven't yet. Does MNT...
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
eliezer_2001
Apr 6, 2002 1:27 am
... A huge discussion on nanotech offense vs. defense occurred on the Extropians list during the summer of 97. Nick Bostrom has his own comments and some of ...
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kxsills
Apr 5, 2002 8:26 pm
Gina you are without question the best. And fior this reason it is an honor to back you up and catch the fly the got past you.;-) Last week just before your...
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graywolf_1_99
Apr 5, 2002 8:25 pm
Are there any nanotechnology workshops or conferances on the web? I could get to these kinds of gatherings a lot easier than having to travel across the...
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c-yahoo@...
willdye.geo
Apr 5, 2002 8:25 pm
(Crossposted on sci.nanotech and nsg-d. Apologies for any duplicates.) Nuts. Despite a three-hour consultation with Google (your friend and mine), I haven't...
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T.Mueller@...
mueller_at_fzr
Apr 5, 2002 6:45 am
2nd Announcement of the INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON NANOSTRUCTURES FOR ELECTRONICS AND OPTICS - NEOP <http://fwit17.fz-rossendorf.de/neop/img/neop100.jpg> Dear...
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Mark Gubrud
mark_gubrud
Apr 4, 2002 10:01 pm
Eliezer, It would be very interesting to hear how your viewpoint (or that of "transhumanists in general") differs from that represented on the technocalypse...
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Eliezer S. Yudkowsky
eliezer_2001
Apr 3, 2002 10:32 pm
... We just got this post, or one almost exactly like it, on wta-talk (the public mailing list of the World Transhumanist Association). Please be aware that,...
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nanotechnology833
nanotechnolo...
Apr 3, 2002 6:13 pm
Hello, There is a nanotechnology website, but one that deals with it as it applies to transhumanism. The url is http://www.technocalypse.org/ Also, if you are...
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Gina Miller
nanogyrl
Apr 2, 2002 8:06 pm
Nanogirl News (nano + plus) Compiled from start date: March 22, 2002 End date: April 02, 2002 Taming High-Tech Particles. Cautious steps into the nanotech...
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quanteq
Apr 2, 2002 1:15 am
Dear Nanotech Group, In the last months, I've been building a new website: http://www.nanoword.net The goal of this 'nanoword network' is to provide a...
