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“A bilingual marriage, by the way, is a great way to stay together for longer than you normally would because you can't understand each other very well.”

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Poe Ballantine

Poe Ballantine is an American fiction writer born in 1955. His works are known for their unique narrative style and profound insights into human nature. more

“Singularity theory is something that I do believe will come to pass, sooner or later, although whether or not in our lifetime I don't know, and I'm not sitting around waiting for my father to be resurrected. Readers probably have the impression from the book that I'm a lot more a of a techno kook than I actually am. It became a convenient fulcrum in the story, sort of a kaleidoscope through which to address religious and spiritual questions.”

“Some people believe that everyone will experience judgment day. But it's my understanding that the Judgment Day or Rapture that I'm going to experience, as a nonbeliever, is not going to be the good part. That's the essential difference between the Singularity and what we're usually told about the fate of our eternal souls.”

People Believe Soul Understanding Differences Fate Essentials Judgment Eternal Rapture Singularity Judgment Day

Author:Ron Currie Jr.

“Regardless of whether you believe in the Singularity, you will most likely experience the benefits of it. But we don't really know.”

Knows Believe Benefits Singularity

Author:Ron Currie Jr.

“Singularity will be an opt-in scenario for human beings, especially as we draw closer to it. The more that we have the opportunity to interface with and combine ourselves with machines and machinery and electronics - those will all be opt-in moments. Would you choose to have some sort of brain implant? Would you choose to have Google Glasses installed in your eyes? It's all an approach; it's all a glide path to the moment of genuine singularity; genuine artificial intelligence.”

“Oscar Pistorius is now infamous for reasons that I think everybody knows about, but when I hit on his story and put it in the book, what I found fascinating was a description, from one of the scientists who helped Pistorius, of what the Paralympics will become. Because they don't place any restriction on enhancements for athletes, in the very near future the Paralympics will bear a closer resemblance to NASCAR than to the traditional Olympics. There will be a human-machine melding that will result in crazy feats of athleticism.”

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