On: The singularity is close?

[slibhb]

> And, to follow your philosophical argument: given that the only thing that connects our cells to the cells of our ancestors is information, why couldn't those billions of years be also in our computers?

Information is passed through the generations by DNA. Silicon doesn't have DNA.

[eru → slibhb]

DNA is one way to pass information. It's far from the only way.