reading all this nice discussion here and other websites about mankind galloping towards singularity... I believe its possible and realistic (sooner or later), but will we be the first ones to reach singularity?
the universe is big, very big and old- there were millions of star systems that had already ceased to exist. and [maybe] many advanced civilisations with them. (lets suppose other civilisations can exist or existed) they might have been biologicaly even more suited for reaching singularity than we are. .where they are now? did they reach it at all? how would they interact if different singular civilisations met? coexist,merge,anihilate or ignore each other?
what if we are living in someone else's singularity as some kind of experiment or part of their singular world as 'natural reservation'?would we be allowed to reach our own singularity?
i know just my wild speculations but who knows..