I guess I interpreted tech-historian's post a little differently than you. Likewise, I don't support dismissing Kelly's article out-of-hand, based on Kurzweil'

I guess I interpreted tech-historian's post a little differently than you. Likewise, I don't support dismissing Kelly's article out-of-hand, based on Kurzweil's position. But I do think it's fair to raise the issue in terms of "why should one take Kevin Kelly seriously on this?"