tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post116400853989813946..comments2023-10-26T22:06:11.166+11:00Comments on Metamagician3000: Two million before Christmas?Russell Blackfordhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-58302945667180508202006-11-23T16:43:00.000+11:002006-11-23T16:43:00.000+11:00Philosophy and science are continuous. :)Philosophy and science are continuous. :)Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-59727004736633963992006-11-23T02:38:00.000+11:002006-11-23T02:38:00.000+11:00Doesn't that automatically boot you out of the Phi...Doesn't that automatically boot you out of the Philosophers' Club? ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-9739928935472815992006-11-22T11:31:00.000+11:002006-11-22T11:31:00.000+11:00Sometimes ... just occasionally ... I like to make...Sometimes ... just occasionally ... I like to make a prediction that might actually be falsifiable. ;)Russell Blackfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12431324430596809958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24761391.post-736183668340158502006-11-22T10:36:00.000+11:002006-11-22T10:36:00.000+11:00Whenever I see a bold prediction of this sort, I l...Whenever I see a bold prediction of this sort, I like to play with it, in the hope that I can find hidden assumptions or, contrariwise, twist it into an even bolder prediction. So:<br /><br /><i><a href="http://stats.wikimedia.org/EN/TablesWikipediaEN.htm">As of June 2006</a>, the English Wikipedia has reached 111,163 registered accounts — 6 per cent growth from the month before. WP has its problems, but in a few years we may reach a point where almost everyone in the more privileged social strata of the more privileged countries has an account with WP or whatever competitors come along, whether or not they use it much, just as we all have e-mail and chat accounts.</i><br /><br /><i>I see this technology becoming more and more convenient and immersive, whatever the current performance problems for WP itself. I can't imagine it <b>not</b> becoming an increasing part of our lives in future years.</i><br /><br />If nothing else, figuring out <i>why</i> any of these great new matrices might not become increasingly significant in our lives would make a great plot for a story.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com