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Re:Google’s Ray Kurzweil predicts how the world will change by joosters on Monday January 13, 2014 @10:31AM (#7051088)
Is this the Maes-Garreau 'law' in effect?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maes-Garreau_law

(i.e. the possible bias that people like to predict events will happen in their lifetime)

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Re:Google’s Ray Kurzweil predicts how the world will change by andrenotgiant on Monday January 13, 2014 @10:52AM (#7051227)
Also fear of death. You don't see many young scientists working on anti-aging....
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