All of this will be thrust on us by something that Kurzweil calls the Singularity, a theorized point in time in the not-so-distant future when machines become vastly superior to humans in every way, aka the emergence of true artificial intelligence.

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Where a C-class motor from Estes puts out the equivalent of 2 pounds of thrust for one second, an H-class motor--the entry point to high-power rocketry--puts out 55 pounds.

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But officials are at pains to point out that, rather than help specific industries, the main thrust of the new policy is to try to boost competitiveness more generally by promoting innovation, higher education and training.

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What seems more than a bit disingenuous is to take a bullet point in a preamble, and make it seem that this was the main thrust of something that Michele Bachmann signed, when it reality, what she signed was a vow to defend the traditional notions of marriage and family in both the public and private sphere.

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