The Singularity Myth

Theodore Modis

No 3m9cn, OSF Preprints from Center for Open Science

Abstract: Ray Kurzweil’s book "The Singularity Is Near" constitutes a most exhaustive compilation of “singularitarian” arguments and one of the most serious publications on the subject, but the work lacks scientific rigor. Kurzweil and the singularitarians are indulging in somesort of para-science, which differs from real science in matters of methodology and rigor. They tend to overlook rigorous scientific practices such as focusing on natural laws,giving precise definitions, verifying the data meticulously, and estimating theuncertainties. I list a number of scientific wrongdoings in this book. I try to rectify some of them in order to properly present my critique of the Singularity concept.

Date: 2005-12-31
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