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What to think about the singularity? I'm not sure this article tells us much either way. I'd guess interviews with top mechanical engineers in 1890 about the
by mhartl 18y ago
What to think about the singularity? I'm not sure this article tells us much either way. I'd guess interviews with top mechanical engineers in 1890 about the prospects of landing men on the moon within 80 years would have sounded much the same.
- greendestiny 18y agoOnly if those top engineers were convinced that landing on the moon would be the turning point for mankind becoming space travellers, and felt the need to prepare humanity for its coming. Actually that sort of thing did happen, but the point is just how far those absurd notions are from reality. No human has been further than the moon 40 years later. I'm not sure a single bit of the wild speculation that occurred in 1890 will be useful when if we ever do begin large scale space travel.
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