The Future : I need some questions answered

[I Pastel I]

I just want to go over a few things.


1) First thing I would like to talk about is technology. How far are we from Quantum Computers being in every household? How would this effect the world?
-Since we are talking about technology, what is the future of gaming?

2) The next thing I want to go over is energy and resources. Trees don't grow over night and neither does fossil fuels. What do we do when we run out of the things we use for energy? What do we do when there are very few trees?

A: I think perhaps with all this cloning, we could actually grow trees that reproduce at much faster rates.


3) Population, the population on earth is growing. Plagues as well as other thing was natures way of thinning the heard. All animals get sick. We just have ways to "cure" many things.

4) What does it take to be a sentient being! Shouldn't all sentient beings have rights? If so, can apes become more "sentient" and be among us humans? Octopus, they can learn just as we can. Can they become sentient or are they already sentient?

5)Space Exploration, our Earth is much undiscovered but should we consider exploring to find new land outside of earth? Colonization is where I am getting at really. Do we have the technology to do it?

6) Human Evolution/ Playing God, can we evolve by taking natures best gifts and equipping it to ourselves to mutate ourselves? Can we clone ourselves to find perfect cures and sacrifice those lives? What are morals? Have we already lost our morals?

7) Education. Education is key. I'll allow someone else to elaborate what this will have to do with the future. Information is power and history is said to always repeat itself.

cool Aliens, for the hell of it I am throwing this in here. I do believe that there may be sentient aliens as well as random bacteria and what not elsewhere.

[Suicidesoldier#1]

I've seen the future, I can't afford it. Tell me the truth sir; whoops, someone just bought it.

Larger than life; and twice as ugly- if we have to live there, you'll have to drug me.

Maybe these luxuries, can, idly compensate... for all the cards you were dealt, at the hands of fate- so tell me!

Tell me, tell me... how to be... a MILLIONAIRE!




1. Maybe not quantum computing, but nano-technology based computers, that use ideally designed nano-capacitors to get at least thousands of time the space and potential processing speed we have now. Bucky paper for all these purposes looks promising, on some sort of sheet.

2. Thorium, and/or gigantic solar fields on Antartica and Northern canada, maybe directly on the north pole. Fusion power would be great, eventually, for space ships or boats or the like, or to power the earth in-between points when solar panels have problems or a storm happens, etc.

3. Draco cure looks promising, as it kill all infected cells, and not just viruses- I.E., even if a virus mutates, who cares, cause it fundamentally stops what a virus does.

4. Idk. And I suppose- but robots won't at any point in time, and advances in underwater technology and neurobiology, as well as paradigm shifts into how other animals work, is allowing us to understand things we previously didn't even know existed- Chimps, for instance, started using stone tools 4000 years ago and Gorillas seem to have religion. What we are willing to accept as thinking or important- and willing to accept that we are animals- have allowed us to see nature and it's wonders more clearly.

5. Not necessarily at the moment, but yes, we do.

6. Genetic engineering has limited applications and as far as we are aware most things like intelligence and strength are not inherently genetic and therefore making super people will require training them.

7. Yeah, it's improving.

8. Yeah, it will be awesome- maybe some are in the Alpha centauri system, I'm hoping.

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4. Idk. And I suppose- but robots won't at any point in time, and advances in underwater technology and neurobiology, as well as paradigm shifts into how other animals work, is allowing us to understand things we previously didn't even know existed- Chimps, for instance, started using stone tools 4000 years ago and Gorillas seem to have religion. What we are willing to accept as thinking or important- and willing to accept that we are animals- have allowed us to see nature and it's wonders more clearly. .

Gorillas and religion? Interesting. By any chance do you know if they have the capability of speech? I mean we've seen chimps learn so much. I think we should promote their intelligence instead of down it by keeping them in zoos.

[Suicidesoldier#1]

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4. Idk. And I suppose- but robots won't at any point in time, and advances in underwater technology and neurobiology, as well as paradigm shifts into how other animals work, is allowing us to understand things we previously didn't even know existed- Chimps, for instance, started using stone tools 4000 years ago and Gorillas seem to have religion. What we are willing to accept as thinking or important- and willing to accept that we are animals- have allowed us to see nature and it's wonders more clearly. .

Gorillas and religion? Interesting. By any chance do you know if they have the capability of speech? I mean we've seen chimps learn so much. I think we should promote their intelligence instead of down it by keeping them in zoos.

Well, a gorilla has been taught sign language, and seems to pretty much be able to hold down a conversation pretty effectively.

Language would depend on vocal cords, but I imagine due to the similarity in human vocal cords it would be possible, but that they would still be hard to understand.


Problem with chimpanzees is that, regardless of how you raise them, at around the age of puberty they explode and became murderous evil bastards; pretty much all of them, regardless of how they are raised, go after the face and genitalia in an attempt to kill or maim the enemy.

Apparently, it's believed to be a result of genetics, as it's use seems to be for an effective mating strategy and nearly all male chimpanzees, regardless of habitat, tends to turn that way after puberty.


They are simply too mean, and some kind of genetic thingy, whether this be a tumor or whatever, causes them to go crazy in a certain way past a certain point in their development, usually at or around puberty, and to be honest, I am not one to blame or single out genetics as a result for most things; with humans at least, I don't think behavior is in large part genetic, although it's possible various mental diseases might be, but with chimpanzees it's so widespread, so common, and presents itself regardless of how they are raised, that some kind of hereditary form of insanity is present, whether it be a disease, or mitochondria or whatever.

Orangutans are similarly bad, known to have raped humans before; Gorillas seem to be our best bet, but they don't eat a lot of meat. With a protein enhanced diet and proper speech being taught, whether it be sign language or whatever, I believe it would be possible to have a gorilla that could at least act like a human, and if we teach them to read, then they could learn on their own and do all kinds of crazy stuff.

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4. Idk. And I suppose- but robots won't at any point in time, and advances in underwater technology and neurobiology, as well as paradigm shifts into how other animals work, is allowing us to understand things we previously didn't even know existed- Chimps, for instance, started using stone tools 4000 years ago and Gorillas seem to have religion. What we are willing to accept as thinking or important- and willing to accept that we are animals- have allowed us to see nature and it's wonders more clearly. .

Gorillas and religion? Interesting. By any chance do you know if they have the capability of speech? I mean we've seen chimps learn so much. I think we should promote their intelligence instead of down it by keeping them in zoos.

Well, a gorilla has been taught sign language, and seems to pretty much be able to hold down a conversation pretty effectively.

Language would depend on vocal cords, but I imagine due to the similarity in human vocal cords it would be possible, but that they would still be hard to understand.


Problem with chimpanzees is that, regardless of how you raise them, at around the age of puberty they explode and became murderous evil bastards; pretty much all of them, regardless of how they are raised, go after the face and genitalia in an attempt to kill or maim the enemy.

Apparently, it's believed to be a result of genetics, as it's use seems to be for an effective mating strategy and nearly all male chimpanzees, regardless of habitat, tends to turn that way after puberty.


They are simply too mean, and some kind of genetic thingy, whether this be a tumor or whatever, causes them to go crazy in a certain way past a certain point in their development, usually at or around puberty, and to be honest, I am not one to blame or single out genetics as a result for most things; with humans at least, I don't think behavior is in large part genetic, although it's possible various mental diseases might be, but with chimpanzees it's so widespread, so common, and presents itself regardless of how they are raised, that some kind of hereditary form of insanity is present, whether it be a disease, or mitochondria or whatever.

Orangutans are similarly bad, known to have raped humans before; Gorillas seem to be our best bet, but they don't eat a lot of meat. With a protein enhanced diet and proper speech being taught, whether it be sign language or whatever, I believe it would be possible to have a gorilla that could at least act like a human, and if we teach them to read, then they could learn on their own and do all kinds of crazy stuff.

Amazing. I'm gonna see if i can challenge people to teach Gorillas. I was at a theme park with some Gorillas and they knew they were captive. There was one in particular, a small little one who seemed to bully a big one (like a little bully and a fat nerd situation) . He would try to mimic our smiles when ever he did so. He knew that the children were praising his efforts. The reward was the children cheering him on. Just as we see today with our own societies.

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4. Idk. And I suppose- but robots won't at any point in time, and advances in underwater technology and neurobiology, as well as paradigm shifts into how other animals work, is allowing us to understand things we previously didn't even know existed- Chimps, for instance, started using stone tools 4000 years ago and Gorillas seem to have religion. What we are willing to accept as thinking or important- and willing to accept that we are animals- have allowed us to see nature and it's wonders more clearly. .

Gorillas and religion? Interesting. By any chance do you know if they have the capability of speech? I mean we've seen chimps learn so much. I think we should promote their intelligence instead of down it by keeping them in zoos.

Well, a gorilla has been taught sign language, and seems to pretty much be able to hold down a conversation pretty effectively.

Language would depend on vocal cords, but I imagine due to the similarity in human vocal cords it would be possible, but that they would still be hard to understand.


Problem with chimpanzees is that, regardless of how you raise them, at around the age of puberty they explode and became murderous evil bastards; pretty much all of them, regardless of how they are raised, go after the face and genitalia in an attempt to kill or maim the enemy.

Apparently, it's believed to be a result of genetics, as it's use seems to be for an effective mating strategy and nearly all male chimpanzees, regardless of habitat, tends to turn that way after puberty.


They are simply too mean, and some kind of genetic thingy, whether this be a tumor or whatever, causes them to go crazy in a certain way past a certain point in their development, usually at or around puberty, and to be honest, I am not one to blame or single out genetics as a result for most things; with humans at least, I don't think behavior is in large part genetic, although it's possible various mental diseases might be, but with chimpanzees it's so widespread, so common, and presents itself regardless of how they are raised, that some kind of hereditary form of insanity is present, whether it be a disease, or mitochondria or whatever.

Orangutans are similarly bad, known to have raped humans before; Gorillas seem to be our best bet, but they don't eat a lot of meat. With a protein enhanced diet and proper speech being taught, whether it be sign language or whatever, I believe it would be possible to have a gorilla that could at least act like a human, and if we teach them to read, then they could learn on their own and do all kinds of crazy stuff.

Amazing. I'm gonna see if i can challenge people to teach Gorillas. I was at a theme park with some Gorillas and they knew they were captive. There was one in particular, a small little one who seemed to bully a big one (like a little bully and a fat nerd situation) . He would try to mimic our smiles when ever he did so. He knew that the children were praising his efforts. The reward was the children cheering him on. Just as we see today with our own societies.

Yeah, it would be awesome.

If we can get rid of the whole "I want to rip your balls off" thing in Chimpanzees that comes around puberty then it's possible, that even as of now, they could even begin to be integrated into human society at a relativley slow space, if we wanted.


Course, they'd be ugly and weird.

But, they've already developed stone tool usage, use spears to hunt, and seem to have strange things related to religion, like cannibalizing dead babies; although this may just be becuase they don't want animal meat to go to waste. ._.

Generally speaking when they kill other chimpanzees they cannibalize the body.

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4. Idk. And I suppose- but robots won't at any point in time, and advances in underwater technology and neurobiology, as well as paradigm shifts into how other animals work, is allowing us to understand things we previously didn't even know existed- Chimps, for instance, started using stone tools 4000 years ago and Gorillas seem to have religion. What we are willing to accept as thinking or important- and willing to accept that we are animals- have allowed us to see nature and it's wonders more clearly. .

Gorillas and religion? Interesting. By any chance do you know if they have the capability of speech? I mean we've seen chimps learn so much. I think we should promote their intelligence instead of down it by keeping them in zoos.

Well, a gorilla has been taught sign language, and seems to pretty much be able to hold down a conversation pretty effectively.

Language would depend on vocal cords, but I imagine due to the similarity in human vocal cords it would be possible, but that they would still be hard to understand.


Problem with chimpanzees is that, regardless of how you raise them, at around the age of puberty they explode and became murderous evil bastards; pretty much all of them, regardless of how they are raised, go after the face and genitalia in an attempt to kill or maim the enemy.

Apparently, it's believed to be a result of genetics, as it's use seems to be for an effective mating strategy and nearly all male chimpanzees, regardless of habitat, tends to turn that way after puberty.


They are simply too mean, and some kind of genetic thingy, whether this be a tumor or whatever, causes them to go crazy in a certain way past a certain point in their development, usually at or around puberty, and to be honest, I am not one to blame or single out genetics as a result for most things; with humans at least, I don't think behavior is in large part genetic, although it's possible various mental diseases might be, but with chimpanzees it's so widespread, so common, and presents itself regardless of how they are raised, that some kind of hereditary form of insanity is present, whether it be a disease, or mitochondria or whatever.

Orangutans are similarly bad, known to have raped humans before; Gorillas seem to be our best bet, but they don't eat a lot of meat. With a protein enhanced diet and proper speech being taught, whether it be sign language or whatever, I believe it would be possible to have a gorilla that could at least act like a human, and if we teach them to read, then they could learn on their own and do all kinds of crazy stuff.

Amazing. I'm gonna see if i can challenge people to teach Gorillas. I was at a theme park with some Gorillas and they knew they were captive. There was one in particular, a small little one who seemed to bully a big one (like a little bully and a fat nerd situation) . He would try to mimic our smiles when ever he did so. He knew that the children were praising his efforts. The reward was the children cheering him on. Just as we see today with our own societies.

Yeah, it would be awesome.

If we can get rid of the whole "I want to rip your balls off" thing in Chimpanzees that comes around puberty then it's possible, that even as of now, they could even begin to be integrated into human society at a relativley slow space, if we wanted.


Course, they'd be ugly and weird.

But, they've already developed stone tool usage, use spears to hunt, and seem to have strange things related to religion, like cannibalizing dead babies; although this may just be becuase they don't want animal meat to go to waste. ._.

Generally speaking when they kill other chimpanzees they cannibalize the body.

So Gorillas don't have the whole "I'MMA KILL YOU CAUSE IM A TEENAGER" thing? But even so, it's funny cause it reminds me how in teenagers, there's always that one boy (trying to be alpha) who taunts all the rest.

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I hope theres newer solutions to our old problems.

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4. Idk. And I suppose- but robots won't at any point in time, and advances in underwater technology and neurobiology, as well as paradigm shifts into how other animals work, is allowing us to understand things we previously didn't even know existed- Chimps, for instance, started using stone tools 4000 years ago and Gorillas seem to have religion. What we are willing to accept as thinking or important- and willing to accept that we are animals- have allowed us to see nature and it's wonders more clearly. .

Gorillas and religion? Interesting. By any chance do you know if they have the capability of speech? I mean we've seen chimps learn so much. I think we should promote their intelligence instead of down it by keeping them in zoos.

Well, a gorilla has been taught sign language, and seems to pretty much be able to hold down a conversation pretty effectively.

Language would depend on vocal cords, but I imagine due to the similarity in human vocal cords it would be possible, but that they would still be hard to understand.


Problem with chimpanzees is that, regardless of how you raise them, at around the age of puberty they explode and became murderous evil bastards; pretty much all of them, regardless of how they are raised, go after the face and genitalia in an attempt to kill or maim the enemy.

Apparently, it's believed to be a result of genetics, as it's use seems to be for an effective mating strategy and nearly all male chimpanzees, regardless of habitat, tends to turn that way after puberty.


They are simply too mean, and some kind of genetic thingy, whether this be a tumor or whatever, causes them to go crazy in a certain way past a certain point in their development, usually at or around puberty, and to be honest, I am not one to blame or single out genetics as a result for most things; with humans at least, I don't think behavior is in large part genetic, although it's possible various mental diseases might be, but with chimpanzees it's so widespread, so common, and presents itself regardless of how they are raised, that some kind of hereditary form of insanity is present, whether it be a disease, or mitochondria or whatever.

Orangutans are similarly bad, known to have raped humans before; Gorillas seem to be our best bet, but they don't eat a lot of meat. With a protein enhanced diet and proper speech being taught, whether it be sign language or whatever, I believe it would be possible to have a gorilla that could at least act like a human, and if we teach them to read, then they could learn on their own and do all kinds of crazy stuff.

Amazing. I'm gonna see if i can challenge people to teach Gorillas. I was at a theme park with some Gorillas and they knew they were captive. There was one in particular, a small little one who seemed to bully a big one (like a little bully and a fat nerd situation) . He would try to mimic our smiles when ever he did so. He knew that the children were praising his efforts. The reward was the children cheering him on. Just as we see today with our own societies.

Yeah, it would be awesome.

If we can get rid of the whole "I want to rip your balls off" thing in Chimpanzees that comes around puberty then it's possible, that even as of now, they could even begin to be integrated into human society at a relativley slow space, if we wanted.


Course, they'd be ugly and weird.

But, they've already developed stone tool usage, use spears to hunt, and seem to have strange things related to religion, like cannibalizing dead babies; although this may just be becuase they don't want animal meat to go to waste. ._.

Generally speaking when they kill other chimpanzees they cannibalize the body.

So Gorillas don't have the whole "I'MMA KILL YOU CAUSE IM A TEENAGER" thing? But even so, it's funny cause it reminds me how in teenagers, there's always that one boy (trying to be alpha) who taunts all the rest.

I guess.

Although "alpha's" don't really exist in nature, save for the parents, if you want to consider them as such.


The best example of a perceived Alpha male like thing in nature I suppose would be hippos.

Generally speaking, the male hippo will run out any younger hippos- that being said, usually they are the children, of said male hippo, but hippos are just that mean. ._.

[Scarlet Flandre]

1) First thing I would like to talk about is technology. How far are we from Quantum Computers being in every household? How would this effect the world?

Who knows?

what is the future of gaming?

As for the future of gaming, virtual reality so identical to our own reality that people will suspect our reality as being virtual reality as well. Epic.

2) The next thing I want to go over is energy and resources. Trees don't grow over night

They do in the future

and neither does fossil fuels.

See previous.

A: I think perhaps with all this cloning, we could actually grow trees that reproduce at much faster rates.

The debate on "cloning ethics" will still continue in the future, i'm sure.


3) Population, the population on earth is growing.

That's the real reason they have wars.

Plagues as well as other thing was natures way of thinning the heard.

No

All animals get sick. We just have ways to "cure" many things.

Most*

4) What does it take to be a sentient being! Shouldn't all sentient beings have rights? If so, can apes become more "sentient" and be among us humans?

Haven't you heard the news? Get with the times, bro. But seriously, apes are starting to make tools in the wild now. They use sticks and bite the ends of them to make spear-like tools out of them. Look it up, it's interesting. Besides, humans are classified as apes.

What do you mean by "rights"? As in the right to walk the streets at night? That's sure to be entertaining heart

Octopus, they can learn just as we can. Can they become sentient or are they already sentient?

sen·tient/ˈsenCH(ē)ənt/
Adjective: Able to perceive or feel things: "sentient life forms".

Obviously.

5)Space Exploration, our Earth is much undiscovered but should we consider exploring to find new land outside of earth? Colonization is where I am getting at really. Do we have the technology to do it?

We do not have the technology to do that. Yet. We do in the future, of course.

6) Human Evolution/ Playing God, can we evolve by taking natures best gifts and equipping it to ourselves to mutate ourselves?

Of course!

What are morals? Have we already lost our morals?

The answer varies with each person.

7) Education. Education is key. I'll allow someone else to elaborate what this will have to do with the future. Information is power

ok?

and history is said to always repeat itself.

That's why there's history class.

cool Aliens, for the hell of it I am throwing this in here. I do believe that there may be sentient aliens as well as random bacteria and what not elsewhere.

In the vastness of the universe? Utter nonsense! [/sarcasm]

[FMA Chaz]

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I just want to go over a few things.


1) First thing I would like to talk about is technology. How far are we from Quantum Computers being in every household? How would this effect the world?
-Since we are talking about technology, what is the future of gaming?

2) The next thing I want to go over is energy and resources. Trees don't grow over night and neither does fossil fuels. What do we do when we run out of the things we use for energy? What do we do when there are very few trees?

A: I think perhaps with all this cloning, we could actually grow trees that reproduce at much faster rates.


3) Population, the population on earth is growing. Plagues as well as other thing was natures way of thinning the heard. All animals get sick. We just have ways to "cure" many things.

4) What does it take to be a sentient being! Shouldn't all sentient beings have rights? If so, can apes become more "sentient" and be among us humans? Octopus, they can learn just as we can. Can they become sentient or are they already sentient?

5)Space Exploration, our Earth is much undiscovered but should we consider exploring to find new land outside of earth? Colonization is where I am getting at really. Do we have the technology to do it?

6) Human Evolution/ Playing God, can we evolve by taking natures best gifts and equipping it to ourselves to mutate ourselves? Can we clone ourselves to find perfect cures and sacrifice those lives? What are morals? Have we already lost our morals?

7) Education. Education is key. I'll allow someone else to elaborate what this will have to do with the future. Information is power and history is said to always repeat itself.

cool Aliens, for the hell of it I am throwing this in here. I do believe that there may be sentient aliens as well as random bacteria and what not elsewhere.

1: I believe a quantum computer has already been sold commerically actually.

2: We could genetically manipulate the genes of tree in order to cause them to grow faster, this has been done before and requires no cloning. When it comes to energy people dont seem to realize we could easily meet our energy need using solar, wind and water resources. Wind turbines and solar panels are more common to be sure but underwater turbines are another option, With all this electricity all we would need is to covert all gas cars to electric and the problem on automation is solved and building energy is solved.

3: Overpopulation is definitly an issue. We should be looking towards new methods of space exploration fior colonization purposes as well as designing building is more tiered manner similar to that of large apartments or skyscrapers.

4: In order for a being to be sentient it must be self aware, intelligent and capable of individual thought. Humans are the only being know to be 'sentient' in this sense.

5: We are currently looking into ways to attempt mars colonization. If we wanted to colonize anywhere else we would need either faster space exploration methods or further research into cryogenics.

6: I am sorry but this question is stupid. Yes it is entirely possible to splice DNA of CERTAIN applicable animals with that of humans. Hwoever it is rare to find the proper genes and chromosomes to be inserted into our genetic code. It also is soemthing that would have to be done from a young or embyiotic age as it would need time for the DNA to replicate and the features to take hold. The whole question about morals is silly, of coruse we ahve morals. Morals are any type of belief in certain codes by either an individual and a 'moral code' is when this is established by a large group. Moral guidelines change over time.

7: The entire saying on history repeating itself is true in the sense that of course once an event has happened it is entirely possible that a similar event could happen again, thus repeating the scenario. also if you are asking question do not ask other people to elaborate on your questions, however i will continue regardless. Yes, education in modern society is key if you want to porgress. What about it?

8: Of coruse there are aliens. If is statistically impossible for there not to be. it does not matter how small of a chance there was of a planet like Terra (Earth) happening. If the universe is indeed infinite then chances are there are an infinite amount of galaxies and soalr systems and therefore an infinite chance of happening SOMEWHERE in the universe.

Think of it like this if there is a 1/100 chance of an event happening that means the chance of the event occuring is 1% now the real question is how often are you willing to repeat the event? If you only repated it once then the chances of it occuring would be low (as stated above 1%). However take in mind the the amount of tries in this scenario will be represented by the number of planets in the universe

the universe is infinite (the * will represent 'meaning')
* there are an infinite number of galaxies
* there are an infinite number of solar systems
* there are an infinite number of planets
* there are an infinite number of tries for a planet capable of sustaining life.

[hajjoura123]

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I've seen the future, I can't afford it. Tell me the truth sir; whoops, someone just bought it.

Larger than life; and twice as ugly- if we have to live there, you'll have to drug me.

Maybe these luxuries, can, idly compensate... for all the cards you were dealt, at the hands of fate- so tell me!

Tell me, tell me... how to be... a MILLIONAIRE!




1. Maybe not quantum computing, but nano-technology based computers, that use ideally designed nano-capacitors to get at least thousands of time the space and potential processing speed we have now. Bucky paper for all these purposes looks promising, on some sort of sheet.

2. Thorium, and/or gigantic solar fields on Antartica and Northern canada, maybe directly on the north pole. Fusion power would be great, eventually, for space ships or boats or the like, or to power the earth in-between points when solar panels have problems or a storm happens, etc.

3. Draco cure looks promising, as it kill all infected cells, and not just viruses- I.E., even if a virus mutates, who cares, cause it fundamentally stops what a virus does.

4. Idk. And I suppose- but robots won't at any point in time, and advances in underwater technology and neurobiology, as well as paradigm shifts into how other animals work, is allowing us to understand things we previously didn't even know existed- Chimps, for instance, started using stone tools 4000 years ago and Gorillas seem to have religion. What we are willing to accept as thinking or important- and willing to accept that we are animals- have allowed us to see nature and it's wonders more clearly.

5. Not necessarily at the moment, but yes, we do.

6. Genetic engineering has limited applications and as far as we are aware most things like intelligence and strength are not inherently genetic and therefore making super people will require training them.

7. Yeah, it's improving.

8. Yeah, it will be awesome- maybe some are in the Alpha centauri system, I'm hoping.

[Ryu Kei Shou Kawazu]

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I just want to go over a few things.


1) First thing I would like to talk about is technology. How far are we from Quantum Computers being in every household? How would this effect the world?
-Since we are talking about technology, what is the future of gaming?

2) The next thing I want to go over is energy and resources. Trees don't grow over night and neither does fossil fuels. What do we do when we run out of the things we use for energy? What do we do when there are very few trees?

A: I think perhaps with all this cloning, we could actually grow trees that reproduce at much faster rates.


3) Population, the population on earth is growing. Plagues as well as other thing was natures way of thinning the heard. All animals get sick. We just have ways to "cure" many things.

4) What does it take to be a sentient being! Shouldn't all sentient beings have rights? If so, can apes become more "sentient" and be among us humans? Octopus, they can learn just as we can. Can they become sentient or are they already sentient?

5)Space Exploration, our Earth is much undiscovered but should we consider exploring to find new land outside of earth? Colonization is where I am getting at really. Do we have the technology to do it?

6) Human Evolution/ Playing God, can we evolve by taking natures best gifts and equipping it to ourselves to mutate ourselves? Can we clone ourselves to find perfect cures and sacrifice those lives? What are morals? Have we already lost our morals?

7) Education. Education is key. I'll allow someone else to elaborate what this will have to do with the future. Information is power and history is said to always repeat itself.

cool Aliens, for the hell of it I am throwing this in here. I do believe that there may be sentient aliens as well as random bacteria and what not elsewhere.

1.10 years?
2.Then the nitrogen would be sucked out fo the soil even faster, causing the soil to get sandy after so many years unless they engineered the plants even more to account for that.
3.I know hospitals need to get closed, thered be less polution too lol and less stress for individuals because of smaller population density.
4.Octopuses dolphins and gorillas are very close to sentience, but I htink manipulation of the environment thats intentional is a prerequisite.
5.I think itd take a longgg time. Or there would be very fragile non-permanent residences there.
6.Theres already some gene changes humans could get thatd increase athletic performance, age, and more. Morals are more individual, if christianity is for or against this you could guess they have the popular and majority opinion, and assume science will head that way too in english speaking countries.
7.Education builds the next generation, as simple as that.
8.Humans live on one planet of billions or trillions that could have life on it.

[Je Nique vos Merdiers]

1. I think we are pretty far from them being in every household, I don't know that there's much use for a quantum computer to every household. They are better at certain types of operations but they're mostly scientific, and quantum computers are barely functional at all right now. There's lots of discoveries about quantum computing structures and nanowires going on, but few success with actually putting it together.

2. Solar (currently making extreme progress), wind, geothermal, and nuclear (I think LFTR is currently the most likely candidate)

3. Is there a question here?

4. I don't know, because I don't think the concept is well-defined.

5. We should develop in space, but not until we are a type I civilization.

6. We are evolving. As for altering our DNA, yes, there are people studying how to do that.

7. Education in modern society is outdated, poorly-aimed, and poorly-implemented. How is there still illiteracy in 2012?