Starting at age eight, Kurzweil created a virtual reality theater that was a big hit in his third grade class.
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Reasoning
Childhood anecdote only Kurzweil's own recollection could support.
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Ray Kurzweil, “Starting at age eight, Kurzweil created a virtual reality theater that was a big hit in his third grade class.” (said March 2025). Verdict: own records only. Reliability API, claim c_0740e69b4c6d, method 0.1.0+28da144b, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_0740e69b4c6d
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