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Ray has been thinking about this stuff for thirty years. He has a knack for getting positive press, which goes back to his time in high school. His ideas revea
by just_steve_h 9y ago
Ray has been thinking about this stuff for thirty years. He has a knack for getting positive press, which goes back to his time in high school.
His ideas reveal the narrowness of his experience in the world: it appears that he has only the vaguest notions of what the lives of most humans currently on the planet are actually like.
If he understood humanity beyond the confines of Silicon Valley / Route 128 / Davos, he might spend more of his time applying his alleged genius to actual problems which might admit actual solutions.
His fantasy about living forever bespeaks a deep-seated emotional and psychological immaturity.
His idea that we could have life without death is not unlike imagining a world of sunlight but no shadows.
- tim333 9y agoRe actual problems he has done a lot on reading machines for the blind.
- msamwald 9y agoI actually think that not wanting to become sick and die are quite universal human desires. It really is the latent driver behind lots of human activity, and certainly behind most religious belief systems.
- OneWordSoln 9y agoIsn't it just simpler to say he's a moron? Because that's what I'd say.
- sctb 9y agoCould you please stop violating the guidelines? https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- OneWordSoln 9y agoPlease point me to which guideline I broke. I am referring to the subject of the article, not another commenter here. In fact, I was merely summarizing what I responded to and interjecting my opinion of a person who thought the frickin Segway would revolutionize the world. I mean, that sounds like a moron to me. Sure, he's a good engineer, but the fricking Segway isn't going to revolutionize anything and anyone who thinks so is out of touch with reality, just as the person I replied to said.
- sctb 9y ago> When disagreeing, please reply to the argument instead of calling names. "That is idiotic; 1 + 1 is 2, not 3" can be shortened to "1 + 1 is 2, not 3." > Be civil. Don't say things you wouldn't say face-to-face. Don't be snarky. Comments should get more civil and substantive, not less, as a topic gets more divisive.