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Re:Some biologists and ecologists think social media is a ri... by birdyrooster on Saturday June 26, 2021 @01:15PM (#27643747)
Humans will never make it, but our computers will. The internet is the singularity now.
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Re:Some biologists and ecologists think social media is a ri... by bckr on Saturday June 26, 2021 @02:38PM (#27644612)
This comment is probably about 3 or 4 decades too early.
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Re:Some biologists and ecologists think social media is a ri... by birdyrooster on Saturday June 26, 2021 @11:29PM (#27648307)
You had to say probably. For me, that's enough. It could have already happened.
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Re:Some biologists and ecologists think social media is a ri... by bckr on Sunday June 27, 2021 @06:06PM (#27655918)
> You had to say probably. For me, that's enough. It could have already happened.

This is the inverse of the intended interpretation. By "probably x decades early", I mean "at least x decades early". I did not mean "it has probably not happened".

The singularity is not guaranteed to happen and with a high confidence has not already happened.

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