Talk:Singularity

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[edit] Redirect to Technological Singularity?

I suggest "singularity" and "Singularity" auto-direct to Technological Singularity; this singularity has raised much more popularity than the others, and its popularity is only rising. If no one dissents, I'll make the change eventually.

I humbly disagree. Technological Singularity is a recent term coined AFTER the singularity of "others" why should "the last, wipe out the previous?"

Why should "the last wipe out the previous?" That's just the nature of singularities! But seriously, I also think redirecting to Techonological Singularity is not a good idea. Perhaps the "singularity" page could provide more information about the general concept of a singularity? I do agree that it is currently problematic that the link to "Technological Singularity" has equal presence with television episodes named "Singularity". Could there be a link at the top saying "The term singularity is most often applied to "'Technological Singularity'.", or something to that effect, if indeed it is true? - Masongl 15:07, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

In any case, the policy is that it needs to be shown that one usage is meant much more than any other, When someone says "singularity" (by itself generally), do they, much more than any other usage, mean "technological singularity"? I'd think that that isn't the case. And really, until that that can be shown, technological singularity won't be the default page from Singularity. In order to determine which usage is meant "more" (but not necessarily "much more") than any other, one such test is a google test singularity does bring up the wikipedia article on tech singularities, but after wikipedia, is a page about technological singularities. So there is at least some merit to the claim. I think the real problem here is the google bias towards technological articles. I'm fairly sure that if you ask a physicist what a "singularity" is, he'll think of the black-hole related concept. Mathematician's will likely think of the math concept. A computer scientist? probably depends on whether or not they think about math or physics more? IT? I dunno. McKay 15:31, 23 May 2007 (UTC)