Trailer now available for Ray Kurzweil's movie, "Transcendent Man"

Post by thepanister » Sun, Mar 08, 2009, 11:40 PM UTC

gord wrote: post #38

thepanister wrote: post #16

Whatever this guy thinks he can do, I am sure he won't be able to make humans live forever, or even "get his father back to life". Maybe he can make a machine that lives forever, but he can't make a human to live forever. There are things that god forced in this world, and it will continue regardless if you believe in god or not. And I think that god forced humans to die, and this won't change in the future.

Well one can always ask just how long did god intend humans to live? Was it 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 or 180 yrs? I think well see all of those as possible answers, given the advance of medicine and engineering. If by god you mean "stochastic calculus".. then yes, I do believe in god, and he has mysterious ways indeed :]

Post by jksmith » Mon, Mar 09, 2009, 12:05 AM UTC

gord wrote: post #40

Tichy wrote: post #6

It's horrible. I like Kurzweil and singularity doesn't seem so unlikely - just the trailer is unbearable for me, for too many reasons to count (like cutting from Captain Kirk to "The Singularity Is Near" lieing on a desk).

agreed.. but thankfully captain kirk gets to speak and thus his dignity is preserved.. as befits his stature as ambassador for all humanity.

Post by endtime » Mon, Mar 09, 2009, 12:53 AM UTC

jodrellblank wrote: post #35

endtime wrote: post #7

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Yeah, I guess. A kind of intro to the Singularity for your mom. I suppose that's worth knowing about.

My mom is extremely unlikely to watch a film called "Transcendent Man". I doubt if the technical people I know would be interested. Even the people here at HN are skeptical. This film has a feeling to me of a ... startup trying to launch on technical impressiveness. Only a few people will care, and they have probably already heard about it.

Post by ivankirigin » Mon, Mar 09, 2009, 1:28 AM UTC

time_management wrote: post #32

ivankirigin wrote: post #30

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Cycles of peaks and troughs in growth rates are normal.

Right, but let's consider the difference between a recession and a depression. A recession is a contraction in a healthy economy. It's normal, and probably necessary. A depression is something worse. We don't know yet if this is a recession or a depression.

Post by gord » Mon, Mar 09, 2009, 1:54 AM UTC

thepanister wrote: post #41

gord wrote: post #38

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Well one can always ask just how long did god intend humans to live? Was it 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 or 180 yrs? I think well see all of those as possible answers, given the advance of medicine and engineering. If by god you mean "stochastic calculus".. then yes, I do believe in god, and he has mysterious ways indeed :]

About God, he has created you, me, and the whole world [the world of creatures]. And even if some people try to deny God, he is there and we need him. Well, advance of medicine and engineering? Did medicine help prevent people die at age 5 or 6 yrs old? There is something called "fate", and I guess you don't believe in it too.