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Trying to predict human ingenuity is hard (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 48 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I would like to see thw math they did to come up with an estimate of a fucking million years. Any technological prediction farther away than 5 years means "we have no idea at all"

[โ€“] [email protected] 22 points 3 months ago

It's easy, just assume linear growth and that absolutely no new innovations will ever be thought up.