1900-2000-2100

[tsutter]

RE: Re: RE: Re: 1900-2000-2100

Yes, some of zildjians ideas are quite farfetched, but think about how technology has come along in the last 100 years. I don't think it will develop to the point of zildjians proposed future, but it most certainly will develop much farther than what we are currently at (that's a given).

Cloning has already seemed to come a far way, so I have no doubt that will soon be perfected. But Q, I agree with you to a point here...government should not have COMPLETE control over cloning -but- they should control the research of cloning, to an extent. Some would argue that they should have control over who gets cloned as well (assuming cloning also clones the exact personality of the recipient.)

The interaction that we gain in going to school is far to precious to give up.

If (and I mean IF, as this is easily the most farfetched idea zilj threw out) we were to do away with "normal" schooling, and started downloading information into your brain (The Matrix :P), you would still get plenty of interaction with your peers. If the only interaction you get is at school that's pretty poor (this coming from myself, a homeschooled student). Granted, a lot of socializing comes from school, but if you could simply download everything you learn from years of schooling into your brain within an hour you'd get much more interaction than just sitting in a desk listening to a teacher drone on for hours every day.

Internal modems....that idea is just silly, kind of reminds me of Ghost in the Shell.

Oh yeah..and I guess I'll be the first to say lolol Q you made a grammar error. Sorry.

*This post was written at 1:30 AM in the morning, and with me being very, very tired. I am not responsible for loss of brain cells, sperm, or sanity*

[PowerCosmic]

As far as the mind machine interface, scientists are already working on this. They have successfully grafted computer parts to a monkey's brain that can read the monkey's electrical impulses and control a mechanical arm. There is still a long way to go of course, but it is already being done in extremely limited forms. Within 100 years, I think it is entirely possible that mind machine interfaces will be extremely advanced, possibly even to "downloading" information.

[Aedak]

Within 100 years, I think it is entirely possible that mind machine interfaces will be extremely advanced, possibly even to "downloading" information.

I hope not, that's a scary notion... I can only see the negative aspects of the idea right now; potential for abuse.

[Lupin_the_3rd]

I don't see why people think we have little to improve in over the next century. It is obviously hard to conceptualize a world with impossibilities (according to you) like neural interaction and what not. Bring a Wireless laptop back to 1905 and let them point out the numerous impossibilities.

think about the advances from the past 3 centuries
(I dont feel like wasting my time writing them down...just think about it)

1700-1800 -huge changes
1800-1900 -huge changes
1900-2000 -huge changes
2000-2100- very little change
so all of a sudden we know everything, right?

At the turn of the 19th century, we thought we knew everything there was to know about our world. Except for the fact that most of their theories were incorrect. What we now know (in terms of modern science) could also be untrue. Evidence isn't altogether trust worthy either; other variables that were previously unseen may be factored in as well: for example, the necessity of oxygen in combustion reactions (such as lighting a candle) was not known for a while (I know this is a bad example...its the only one I could think of). Things on the molecular level was inconceivable a couple of centuries ago. Also, we base our hypotheses on things that could merely be coincidences. The tides for example are known to be caused by the pull of the moon. But do we really know this? Could this not just be a coincidence with something else causing the tides? This may sound ridiculous, but because there is no measurable data, it is only a theory...the basic understanding of the truth.

[zildjian133]

Lupin is 100% right. A lot of people think cold fusion is impossible right now but a select few scientists believe its a real naturally occuring thing. And actually it happens all the time in a nuclear reaction but its so rare it doesn't affect it.

[hareanone]

well i think the computers nowadays will be long gone and be replaced by quamtum coms. haha they run at sick speed and u can probably run halflife 20 at 1 trillion FPS.

food and stuffs will be gone cos i think they wil invent just 1 pill to replace everything. aint it good? all the taste and nutrition in 1 small pill.

well i think the average human height will grow. maybe everyone will be at least 2 metres in 100 yrs time. haha sports like basketball will be based purely on skills.

will the earth will probably be a Type 1 civilzilization ( however u spell it ) and i think that would be cool cos we can harness LOTS more of energy and we can use that energy to do lots more things. like faster rockets and cars and almost everything.

the education part mentioned in the first post is cool. everything can be downlowded into the mind and this really will save ALOT of money .
just imagine, nowadays the Textbooks and exams.. they are using like a HUGE amount of paper . i think they can save 1 million amazon forest if exams and textbooks did not exist.

well, the future is cute.

[jimerax]

Re: 1900-2000-2100

Cloning:
If it were legal and... well heres an example: Little 10 year old Timmy Smith has an inoperable brain tumor, they had just made a huge technological leap in cloning technology so they cloned Timmy's exact brain (minus the tumor) and they didn't even have to clone the whole body. They cloned his brain and replaced it. Another thing that would need to be done for this to work is: His memories being recorded and hurray Timmy Smith is all better . Wouldn't that be great?

It's awesome if it is realized by the cloning technology.
still there are impossible problems for doing that.

- Creating "nearly 10 years old brain" at most within 1 year, with the completely same memory as the original.
- Transplanting the brain (and the spinal cord), with little functional problem.

I don't think human will be able to do that in 95 years actually, way too far.

[zildjian133]

RE: Re: 1900-2000-2100

Yeah, that post should be in the thread "Your Ideal Future"

[esupin]

RE: Re: 1900-2000-2100

all your predictions will be wrong, just like all predictions in the past centuries were.

[CypherToorima]

RE: Re: 1900-2000-2100

Good job at being sucky. There is being realistic and there is being pessimistic. you are being the latter. It's like saying "Earth sucks and nothing will get better." Not a nice thing to think about, is it?

[Aedak]

Re: RE: Re: 1900-2000-2100

Good job at being sucky. There is being realistic and there is being pessimistic. you are being the latter. It's like saying "Earth sucks and nothing will get better." Not a nice thing to think about, is it?

I don't think he meant it in such a harsh way... I assume what he meant was more along the lines of say... How the people in the 1960s thought we would have flying cars by now (The Jetsons?) - At least I remember my dad telling me thjs a few times when I still lived at home. He means our predictions will probably be off, but there will be other advances that we can't even comprehend at the moment...

ie: No one would he able to comprehend the idea of the internet back in the 1800s or 1900s, there weren't even computers back then, how could they fathom the idea of the internet, much less neural interfaces with downloading into the brain directly... I hope this makes sense.

[CypherToorima]

RE: Re: RE: Re: 1900-2000-2100

I guess it's all in the way you percieve things.

It makes sense.

[QreepyBORIS]

well i think the computers nowadays will be long gone and be replaced by quamtum coms. haha they run at sick speed and u can probably run halflife 20 at 1 trillion FPS.

food and stuffs will be gone cos i think they wil invent just 1 pill to replace everything. aint it good? all the taste and nutrition in 1 small pill.

well i think the average human height will grow. maybe everyone will be at least 2 metres in 100 yrs time. haha sports like basketball will be based purely on skills.

will the earth will probably be a Type 1 civilzilization ( however u spell it ) and i think that would be cool cos we can harness LOTS more of energy and we can use that energy to do lots more things. like faster rockets and cars and almost everything.

the education part mentioned in the first post is cool. everything can be downlowded into the mind and this really will save ALOT of money .
just imagine, nowadays the Textbooks and exams.. they are using like a HUGE amount of paper . i think they can save 1 million amazon forest if exams and textbooks did not exist.

well, the future is cute.

[Aedak]

Omg Optimus h4x!