Quora Answer: What are the Strongest Arguments against Singularitarianism?
بِسۡمِ ٱللهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ The following is my answer to a Quora question: “ What are the strongest arguments against Singularitarianism? ” Singularitarianism is the belief that a technological singularity will likely happen in the medium future, and that deliberate action should be taken to work towards it, since it is the next step of human evolution. This belief in the singularity is a materialist view of the world. Despite its veneer of science, it is a belief, with no real basis, another religion driven by a fear of death, with no responsibility to another theological conception of a Creator, or morality. It is difficult to comprehensively refute any belief system which is not formalised. There is no creed to review, no law to consider. People who adhere to this system all have their own conceptions of this notion of a singularity. However, we can consider this: the singularity essentially believes we can co...