http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3709 examining transformative technology Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:23:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3709#comment-866249 William Blight Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:46:33 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3709#comment-866249 I wonder what prefix level a person needs to be at, so we can think about eating him or her - or at least the offspring? By the way, for a literary sophisticate you have engaged in a textbook example of mixed metaphors: multiplying James Joyce while filtering Wodehouse. I wonder what prefix level a person needs to be at, so we can think about eating him or her – or at least the offspring? By the way, for a literary sophisticate you have engaged in a textbook example of mixed metaphors: multiplying James Joyce while filtering Wodehouse.

]]> http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3709#comment-866246 William Blight Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:30:48 +0000 http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/?p=3709#comment-866246 I think a far better and a less dated test for determining the diahuman range would be Dr. Zimmermann's Tropic of Canada. Yes, it is critical that we litmus test our intelligence against the best standard possible, so that we can be fully confident in our perceived smugness. It would be truly wonderful if we can actually prove that we can run and maintain a global civilization. The next best test, of course, is if the poor thing crashes. Then we might need a different prefix. I think a far better and a less dated test for determining the diahuman range would be Dr. Zimmermann’s Tropic of Canada. Yes, it is critical that we litmus test our intelligence against the best standard possible, so that we can be fully confident in our perceived smugness. It would be truly wonderful if we can actually prove that we can run and maintain a global civilization. The next best test, of course, is if the poor thing crashes. Then we might need a different prefix.

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