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[deleted] t1_jdfn3of wrote

Reply to comment by _TrueLight in Time travel and the Singularity by _TrueLight

Take a deep breath.

Now think REALLY HARD about why it’s called a singularity. Try hard.

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_TrueLight OP t1_jdfnnl0 wrote

Because it’s where all things lead? A force like gravity? How can I inspire my thoughts?

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Extreme_Medium_6372 t1_jdfp7bp wrote

The "singularity" is just a time when technology is accelerating so fast that those of us in the current moment can no longer predict or imagine what might happen. It's more just a statement of acknowledging the limits of our current knowledge. To someone living 10,000 years ago, we've long since passed the singularity from their perspective.

If we assume for a second that Kurzweil is 100% right that the singularity is in 2045, it probably won't feel like that to us in 2045, it just looks like that from the perspective of 2023.

What people are tyring to get you to realise is that any message you receive from after the singularity right now will be unknowable, because it will come from a time that is fundamentally unknowable to you right now. DOes that make it clearer?

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