Future of Science: We will have the power of gods!

[williamhessian]

Zombie Robot Frosting: Future of Science: Will we have the power of gods?

This is a great article. It brings up a number of issues about health and fitness and living longer lives.

Also talks about nano wars, biology vs technology and other things.

I strongly suggest reading it.

I would love to the hear the thoughts of this forums members.

[Matthew Shea]

If you compare today vs. the dark or middle ages, people back then would probably tell you we ALREADY have the power of gods. Something that we take for granted today, like electronic video transmission, would probably scare the bejeesus out of them.

[williamhessian]

Originally Posted by Matthew Shea

If you compare today vs. the dark or middle ages, people back then would probably tell you we ALREADY have the power of gods. Something that we take for granted today, like electronic video transmission, would probably scare the bejeesus out of them.

good point. i agree with that.

[Dan.Linehan]

Originally Posted by Matthew Shea

If you compare today vs. the dark or middle ages, people back then would probably tell you we ALREADY have the power of gods. Something that we take for granted today, like electronic video transmission, would probably scare the bejeesus out of them.

The difference is we've never before had the ability to extinct ourselves.

[Sam988]

Originally Posted by Dan.Linehan

The difference is we've never before had the ability to extinct ourselves.

Yes, and it's only going to get easier and easier to do it


There will be a lot of new technologies arriving that will either bring glory to our species or extinct us.

Maybe some won't like the idea, but i am willing to take the risks, given the huge contributions these technologies have to offer.

[Mark Lapierre]

Originally Posted by Dan.Linehan

The difference is we've never before had the ability to extinct ourselves.

I think the folks Noah didn't take on his Ark would think differently.

[Uplift]

Originally Posted by Matthew Shea

If you compare today vs. the dark or middle ages, people back then would probably tell you we ALREADY have the power of gods. Something that we take for granted today, like electronic video transmission, would probably scare the bejeesus out of them.

I suppose it depends on your understanding of Gods. Dispossed, brutalised, ravaged Indigenous Peoples view it all a bit differently. They feel we are totally ignorant of Spiritual, Godly knowledge and behaviour.

[Mark Lapierre]

Ok, seriously this time... For anyone who likes the ideas presented in that article I suggest reading Peter F. Hamilton's sci-fi novels. The latest one, The Dreaming Void, mentions (in some form) just about every technology people proposed in that article. Though of course none of it is new to sci-fi. Not mentioned in the article was what Hamilton called the gaiafield, which was a technological empathic field which allowed people to experience the emotions of those around them (which will be possible when we understand the neural correlates of emotion well enough).

I think the most interesting thing about predicting the future is that we're so often wrong. Look back at all the predictions people made about what today would be like and you invariably find that their predictions looked very much like their present, but shinier. (or darker, Blade Runner style). Did anyone predict the Internet and what it's allowed us to achieve?

That makes me think that yeah, we'll have the power of gods. But probably not the kind of power we're envisaging today.

[Matthew Shea]

Originally Posted by Dan.Linehan

The difference is we've never before had the ability to extinct ourselves.

That's true, although we did make it through the cold war already. We're going to go extinct sooner or later, though. If we don't nuke ourselves, some asteroid will come along or global warming will spiral out of control and we'll be goners. Hopefully not in our lifetime, though.

[Sam988]

Originally Posted by Matthew Shea

We're going to go extinct sooner or later, though. If we don't nuke ourselves, some asteroid will come along or global warming will spiral out of control and we'll be goners. Hopefully not in our lifetime, though.

Maybe, maybe just the Earth is going extinct at some point in the future, but who said we must remain here?