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Ray Kurzweil Does Not Understand the Brain

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-want-futurist-business-cards dept.

jamie writes "There he goes again, making up nonsense and making ridiculous claims that have no relationship to reality. Ray Kurzweil must be able to spin out a good line of bafflegab, because he seems to have the tech media convinced..."

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  1. Re:ahh, the "singularity"... by spazdor · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I ask them if acupuncture is "woo". One question, that's all.
    Brilliant and elegant. Acupuncture is both too poorly understood to have any real body of scientific knowledge, and yet too well-documented to not be real. I think the best skeptic response to acupunture is "it probably does work and I don't know how."

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    DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!