I feel like in the sociology circles, it doesnt start with facts and end at conclusions. It starts with gut feelings then searching for facts that make me more right than you, rather than right period...

That's science too. Observation, hypothesis, test, conclusion. Hypothesis is that "gut feeling". Hell, economics is doing it in this very debate. They assume that the need for human labour will always be greater than the amount of human labour available, this is taken as truth without supporting evidence.

Now then, my rationale for this view is as follows:

-The human body has some hard limits in terms of what it can accomplish. Amount of force it can exert, amount of calculations it can do per minute, how long it can go without sleep, etc. Robotics & software (automation) do not have those limits, they can be engineered around. They can work 24/7 in dangerous environments for the cost of upkeep and spare parts. No sick time, no raises, no problems.

-The difference between this and [technological improvement x] is that rather than being a multiplier for the amount of work one can do, they do the work autonomously (in some cases) removing people from the equation all together. Yes, at first, there will need to be a lot of programmers, repairmen and people supervising machines. But as I said above, automation can improve itself incredibly fast, far faster than humans can, so those jobs will be short-lived.

-Not all humans will have the aptitude to become robotics/computer engineers even if there was demand for 7 billion of them. And if programming becomes so simple everyone can do it, it will no longer be a valuable enough skill to make a career out of. Everyone is literate today, but how many scribes do you know?

-They say that 40% of all jobs are in danger of being totally automated in the next 25 years. Do you know of any industries in the remaining 60% that would be able to absorb that influx of people? I sure don't. The only thing I can think of is if it were a luxury item to have real people as servants rather than robots, but that quickly leads to some pretty depressing places...