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294 a ferment that continued into the twentieth century

Ibid.

295 First used by Teilhard de Chardin

Ibid.

296 ”Shortly after, the human era will be ended”

Vernor Vinge, ”The Coming Technological Singularity: How to Survive in the Post-Human Era,” 1993, www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/vinge/misc/singularity.html.

297 form that can be comprehended by and contained in advanced computers

Lara Farrar, ”Scientists: Humans and Machines Will Merge in Future,” CNN, July 15, 2008, articles.cnn.com/2008-07-15/tech/bio.tech_1_emergent-technologies-bostrom-human-life/2?_s=PM:TECH.

298 ”post-Singularity, between human and machine or between physical and virtual reality”

Ibid.

299 has challenged Kurzweil to a $20,000 bet

”By 2029 No Computer-or 'Machine Intelligence'-Will Have Pa.s.sed the Turing Test,” A Long Bet, longbets.org/1/.

300 before the computer-based ”Technological Singularity” is ever achieved

John Chelen, ”Could the Organic Singularity Occur Prior to Kurzweil's Technological Singularity?,” Science Progress, June 20, 2012.

301 replace not only hips

Ben c.o.xworth, ”New Discovery Could Lead to Better Artificial Hips,” Gizmag, November 27, 2011, /artificial-hip-joint-lubrication-layer/20949/.

302 knees