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		Luff on Feb 10, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: 2045: The Year Man Becomes Immortal The Law of Futurology: y - t = 0 y = approximate number of years left in the life of a futurist t = years futurist thinks it will be until immortality is discovered http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1968

JulianMorrison on Feb 10, 2011 [–]

Which would make sense as a complaint if Kurzweil were giving a date without any context, but makes no sense when set against:

1. a rolling series of more mundane predictions providing justification and context

2. some of which were made in the past concerning the present, and were mostly right.

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