It was only a matter of time that we saw a TechTake from this guy. I’m sorry to inflict Peterson on y’all, but this was too funny not to post.

  • Sailor Sega Saturn@awful.systemsEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The authors did not use Moore’s law or transistors at all. They just thought it was a nifty idea so mentioned it bunches when talking about exponential growth or something.

    Also I’m not sure I totally trust these authors after glancing over the paper, they seem a little too enthralled with the idea of alien DNA versus other possibilities like “Moore’s law” not applying in the first place.

    Also the paper is a decade old.

    • jonhendry@awful.systemsEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Also the paper is a decade old.

      And redolent of ‘emerita disease’ although I don’t think the authors have technically achieved that honor.