Futurological Facts From Fictions

Robot Cultist Martine Rothblatt protests that the actual science of biology is “fiction” because it doesn’t accommodate fictional accounts of robotic and software “life.” A long undergraduate Wikipedia-like excursion into Spinoza fails to distract discerning readers (few of whom read futurologists, so no worries) from the palpable absurdity of Rothblatt’s proposal. For a more painstaking critique of Rothblattian nonsense in this vein, I recommend this and this. I no longer have the patience to indulge futurological flim-flam artists with any kind of seriousness, this notwithstanding.