The best thing that religion did is show modern man the dangers of choosing faith over evidence. People don't call the singularity a religion because they want

The best thing that religion did is show modern man the dangers of choosing faith over evidence. People don't call the singularity a religion because they want the world to be better or want to live forever or know more. Everyone wants that. They call it a religion because people believe this will happen in their lifetimes because they really want it to. They have faith and have shown no evidence. It's not about the belief in improvement, it's about the belief in prediction of a specific kind of improvement and a prediction of a timeline.