# Ray Kurzweil's 'Law of Accelerating Returns'

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**Created:** [November 24, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-kurzweils-law-of-accelerating-returns/518774 "2009-11-24T14:59:10Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 27, 2009, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ray-kurzweils-law-of-accelerating-returns/518774/101 "2009-11-27T15:59:26Z")

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Oh, another point added to all the others in my previous post.

At some point / level, you are not going to be able to measure all that stuff going on without disrupting the very stuff you are trying to measure, which at the very least will make it harder to do anything useful, and in a worst case scenario will make it impossible.

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