torekp comments on Facing the Intelligence Explosion discussion page

torekp 27 Nov 2011 2:55 UTC
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Especially because “it’s like a religion” is the most common criticism of the Singularity idea.

Which is exactly why I worry about a piece that might be read as “I used to have traditional religion. Now I have Singularitarianism!”
- Normal_Anomaly 27 Nov 2011 16:10 UTC
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  Yes, that is a problem. I was responding to:
  
  the arguments in favor of believing in a Singularity can also be used to argue against the existence of a God.
  
  which I saw as meaning that Singularitarianism might be perceived as associated with atheism. Associating it with atheism would IMO be a good thing, because it’s already associated with religion like you said. The question is, does the page as currently written cause people to connect Singularitarianism with religion or atheism?
  - Logos01 29 Nov 2011 8:42 UTC
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    Associating it with atheism would IMO be a good thing, because it’s already associated with religion like you said.
    
    Not if it causes people to associate Singularitarianism as a “religion-substitute for atheists”.