I just posted an essay where Freeman Dyson explains his own views about the topic (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=532426 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?i

I just posted an essay where Freeman Dyson explains his own views about the topic (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=532426 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=532426 or, more directly, http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/dysonf07/dysonf07_index.html http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/dysonf07/dysonf07_index.html )