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I guess the film will be to spread the Singularity ideas and theory for the masses and get some news/press coverage similar to Michael Moore's films.

by barredo 18y ago

goodgoblin 18y ago
Hopefully the movie will contain a subliminal message which implants itself into the brain's of all its viewers. The viewers then will then go out and simultaneously engage in activities that serve to bring us closer to the Singularity.
- arcadeparade 18y ago
  Excellent.
endtime 18y ago
Yeah, I guess. A kind of intro to the Singularity for your mom. I suppose that's worth knowing about.
- jodrellblank 18y ago
  My mom is extremely unlikely to watch a film called "Transcendent Man". I doubt if the technical people I know would be interested. Even the people here at HN are skeptical. This film has a feeling to me of a ... startup trying to launch on technical impressiveness. Only a few people will care, and they have probably already heard about it.
  - endtime 18y ago
    Yeah, thus my original skepticism, but I'm trying to be generous. I might be able to convince my mom to watch it.
  - velocity_wave 18y ago
    Actually my mother is the one who introduced me to Ray Kurzweil's "The Age of Spiritual Machines" and she bought me the book for Christmas. My mother is not a scientist -- she only graduated from High School. She is also very religious and spiritual. So you might be inclined to stereotype or judge her (or other people's Mothers) and assume that you know their points of view on Ray Kurzweil, or science in general. But you might be surprised, if you actually got to know some of these people. I really credit my Mother with inspiring my interest in computers and science. When I was younger she used to read me "science books for kids" and then bought all the Time-Life Science books (including the one on the "Universe") she could get her hands on, for me to read. She even signed me up for a subscription to "Discover-Magazine" and "Popular Science" when I was a teenager! Not bad for a "stay at home Mom" who has serious Catholic views, and "just a high school diploma".

I guess the film will be to spread the Singularity ideas and theory for the masses and get some news/press coverage similar to Michael Moore's films.

by barredo 18y ago

I guess the film will be to spread the Singularity ideas and theory for the masses and get some news/press coverage similar to Michael Moore's films.

goodgoblin 18y ago

Hopefully the movie will contain a subliminal message which implants itself into the brain's of all its viewers. The viewers then will then go out and simultaneously engage in activities that serve to bring us closer to the Singularity.

arcadeparade 18y ago
Excellent.

endtime 18y ago

Yeah, I guess. A kind of intro to the Singularity for your mom. I suppose that's worth knowing about.

jodrellblank 18y ago
My mom is extremely unlikely to watch a film called "Transcendent Man". I doubt if the technical people I know would be interested. Even the people here at HN are skeptical. This film has a feeling to me of a ... startup trying to launch on technical impressiveness. Only a few people will care, and they have probably already heard about it.
- endtime 18y ago
  Yeah, thus my original skepticism, but I'm trying to be generous. I might be able to convince my mom to watch it.
- velocity_wave 18y ago
  Actually my mother is the one who introduced me to Ray Kurzweil's "The Age of Spiritual Machines" and she bought me the book for Christmas. My mother is not a scientist -- she only graduated from High School. She is also very religious and spiritual. So you might be inclined to stereotype or judge her (or other people's Mothers) and assume that you know their points of view on Ray Kurzweil, or science in general. But you might be surprised, if you actually got to know some of these people. I really credit my Mother with inspiring my interest in computers and science. When I was younger she used to read me "science books for kids" and then bought all the Time-Life Science books (including the one on the "Universe") she could get her hands on, for me to read. She even signed me up for a subscription to "Discover-Magazine" and "Popular Science" when I was a teenager! Not bad for a "stay at home Mom" who has serious Catholic views, and "just a high school diploma".