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When
one conceptual world-view is replaced by another, or, a change of patterns on
a massive scale. When Copernicus showed how the Earth rotates around the Sun,
and not vice versa, that created a paradigm
shift [it forced a new way of thinking about our place in the Universe]. And
when quantum
physics and general relativity displaced Newtonian mechanics, that created
another shift. Applied to an enabling technology
such as molecular
manufacturing, it suggests that there will be
many shifts occurring, soon, and with wide-ranging and often disruptive
consequences. For more detail, see Accelerating Intelligence: Where Will Technology Lead Us? [by Ray Kurzweil].
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