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Re:Depp to Star as a Supercomputer in Christopher Nolan Film... by Uhhrrr on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @02:08PM (#4911859)
The nerd adulation comes from the idea that having understanding of computers will be more awesome, not being rich and white. The fact that they make that substitution shows a certain mired pathos.

EDIT: FWIW, I think the Kurzweil view is ridiculously optimistic.

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Re:Depp to Star as a Supercomputer in Christopher Nolan Film... by mej10 on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @02:15PM (#4911893)
It has always struck me as odd that people dismiss the singularity as a nerd fantasy. They latch on to one view of it and make up their minds about the idea itself.

The people I know that take it seriously are much more afraid of it than anything.

They think that it will be an extinction event rather than the nerd rapture.

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