sorry about this, i know we're talking about humans and all that, but maybe its the intpness of me - but you didn't respond with any reasoning at all, but instead did exactly what was to be avoided - problems with the man, and not the ideas.

my problem with the excerpt is that it is not that meaningful. no one has ever been able to prevent technology from advancing, they've tried many times before, for whatever reasons - and i believe that if we can have a singularity, and if we survive, then we will.