1) Acquiring a mate is an essential external motivator which is acted upon by Darwinian laws, and there is no escape from it... If we get to the stars, it will probably be because of women. Not really touched upon by the article.
2) The author poo-poos Facebook "friends" as being on par with a virtual world, but Facebook friends are anything but "virtual". In fact, some real-world friends are actually all too often nothing more than the MOOF agents described, while some (admittedly not all) Facebook friends may offer valuable advice about where to shop, for example, or which car to buy, or even engage with you into a discussion on politics or whatnot. Very real-world and relevant.
3) The definition of "intelligence" can be easily extended to exclude self-limiting types of intelligence.
There are probably many more things that could be picked away... I'll leave it at that.
1) Acquiring a mate is an essential external motivator which is acted upon by Darwinian laws, and there is no escape from it... If we get to the stars, it will probably be because of women. Not really touched upon by the article.
2) The author poo-poos Facebook "friends" as being on par with a virtual world, but Facebook friends are anything but "virtual". In fact, some real-world friends are actually all too often nothing more than the MOOF agents described, while some (admittedly not all) Facebook friends may offer valuable advice about where to shop, for example, or which car to buy, or even engage with you into a discussion on politics or whatnot. Very real-world and relevant.
3) The definition of "intelligence" can be easily extended to exclude self-limiting types of intelligence.
There are probably many more things that could be picked away... I'll leave it at that.