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Re:The Singularity Will Occur on a Tuesday by grogenaut on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @07:54AM (#46974361)
I can bake a cake while having 0 understanding of the chemistry that powers the transformation. One is a pile of wet flour, the other is delicious.

A dog can create a snack by doing a trick. Doesn't mean that there isn't some mechanism going on there that neither of them understand.

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Re:The Singularity Will Occur on a Tuesday by beepbooptheory on Wednesday February 11, 2026 @08:32AM (#46974739)
Whose argument is this supposed to be furthering here? You didn't specify what the wet flour is? What is the point of this contribution?
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