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Seems rather depressing to me but maybe I am a Luddite.

Exactly. I would rather we let these discoveries stay hidden for a while longer such that human ingenuity may untangle them from the coils of reality. A machine? A mechanical man? Deins to produce something as pure as mathematics without the divine fervor of the ineffable spirit of Man?! It's just not what God wants.

Human ingenuity is untangling perhaps the deepest question of all- what is the essence of Reason and the intellect that so privileges man? I don't know if it's what God wants, but it's certainly getting close to some existentially fundamental questions.

While many seem to be anxious or pessimistic about the future of intellectual/artistic pursuits (understandable although I disagree), I do find the utter lack of curiosity or interest in the incredible machinery that is causing all the fuss to be striking.

One has to be in a secure enough position in life to be able to manifest such curiosity to begin with. On the contrary many people feel threatened.

I can't tell if this is satire.

I had the exact same thought. It depends entirely on what voice you read it in, I suppose.

Haha, now I do think it is more likely satire. I don't think HN has many people who would post like this sincerely.

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