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Monday, February 06, 2012

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.

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