by Imperial Nilfgaard » Sat Dec 28, 2013 5:23 am
by Ermarian » Sat Dec 28, 2013 6:28 am
by Gauthier » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:12 am
by Dooom35796821595 » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:25 am
by Nueo Soled » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:27 am
by Imperial Nilfgaard » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:29 am
Dooom35796821595 wrote:Way to optimistic and doesn't consider moral objection as well as "purists" who will speak against such changes along with how slow politics is to adapt, usually slowing progress with regulation and restrictions.
by Dooom35796821595 » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:39 am
Imperial Nilfgaard wrote:Dooom35796821595 wrote:Way to optimistic and doesn't consider moral objection as well as "purists" who will speak against such changes along with how slow politics is to adapt, usually slowing progress with regulation and restrictions.
I do hope that there will be a mechanize put in place to marginalize such luddites from greater society, thus safeguarding progress.
by Imperial Nilfgaard » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:44 am
Dooom35796821595 wrote:Imperial Nilfgaard wrote:
I do hope that there will be a mechanize put in place to marginalize such luddites from greater society, thus safeguarding progress.
There is. It's the NSA!
I don't have a problem if they follow the Amish example and live in there isolated backwards community's not shoving there opinions on the rest of us. And for the ones who don't, CIA drone strike FTW.
by Breadknife » Sat Dec 28, 2013 8:46 am
Imperial Nilfgaard wrote:3D printing will revolutionize production and medicine by the 2020s.
by Ermarian » Sat Dec 28, 2013 9:08 am
Breadknife wrote:Imperial Nilfgaard wrote:3D printing will revolutionize production and medicine by the 2020s.
Medicine?!? Surgical appliances and implants, maybe, but for the pure pharma (which is what most people will still need), tailored drug doses is physically possible right now with automatic "cocktail mixers" of various kinds (and tailored retroviral DNA modifiers, soo) and is just awaiting sufficient advances in knowledge knowing what to mix together to target a particular person and their particular condition. Which has only really been looked at seriously since the late '80s (IIRC).
(But there's a chance that the article, which I shall read later, covers this. Or makes my point invalid by some other means.)
by Ifreann » Sat Dec 28, 2013 9:11 am
Gauthier wrote:Aging and disease will continue as gene therapy will be the exclusive luxury of the filthy rich.
by Frisivisia » Sat Dec 28, 2013 9:50 am
by Ifreann » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:01 am
Frisivisia wrote:And now watch as something completely different happens, as happens with the vast majority of future predictions!
by Imperial Nilfgaard » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:31 am
by AiliailiA » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:38 am
Imperial Nilfgaard wrote:Everyone reading this has the potential to achieve practical immortality; all we must do is survive the coming decades.
Cannot think of a name wrote:"Where's my immortality?" will be the new "Where's my jetpack?"
Maineiacs wrote:"We're going to build a canal, and we're going to make Columbia pay for it!" -- Teddy Roosevelt
Ifreann wrote:That's not a Freudian slip. A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother.
by Imperial Nilfgaard » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:42 am
by Frisivisia » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:45 am
by AiliailiA » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:47 am
Cannot think of a name wrote:"Where's my immortality?" will be the new "Where's my jetpack?"
Maineiacs wrote:"We're going to build a canal, and we're going to make Columbia pay for it!" -- Teddy Roosevelt
Ifreann wrote:That's not a Freudian slip. A Freudian slip is when you say one thing and mean your mother.
by Imperial Nilfgaard » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:49 am
by Ifreann » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:52 am
Imperial Nilfgaard wrote:Ailiailia wrote:
Well that's kind of personal. Let's just say that aging isn't just a matter of declining health and abilities.
Fair enough. Nobody will make it mandatory that you stay alive. But just to add, Ray is 65 and he thinks he will never die. So if he thinks this way then clearly science must be at a point where the vast majority of people on Earth COULD live for eons, assuming we facilitate this.
by Norstal » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:53 am
Ifreann wrote:Imperial Nilfgaard wrote:
Fair enough. Nobody will make it mandatory that you stay alive. But just to add, Ray is 65 and he thinks he will never die. So if he thinks this way then clearly science must be at a point where the vast majority of people on Earth COULD live for eons, assuming we facilitate this.
If Ray Kurzweil thinks he will never die then clearly it can happen? When did he get elected Pope of science?
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by Imperial Nilfgaard » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:54 am
Ifreann wrote:Imperial Nilfgaard wrote:
Fair enough. Nobody will make it mandatory that you stay alive. But just to add, Ray is 65 and he thinks he will never die. So if he thinks this way then clearly science must be at a point where the vast majority of people on Earth COULD live for eons, assuming we facilitate this.
If Ray Kurzweil thinks he will never die then clearly it can happen? When did he get elected Pope of science?
by Norstal » Sat Dec 28, 2013 10:57 am
Toronto Sun wrote:Best poster ever. ★★★★★
New York Times wrote:No one can beat him in debates. 5/5.
IGN wrote:Literally the best game I've ever played. 10/10
NSG Public wrote:What a fucking douchebag.
by Imperial Nilfgaard » Sat Dec 28, 2013 11:00 am
Norstal wrote:Imperial Nilfgaard wrote:
The Pope has no real authority. Kurzweil is an acclaimed futurist and thus I would trust what he says more then Francis or Benedict, or any other pope.
Well that's not the point. The point is that it's too optimistic of a prediction. And we all know what optimism did to the 1930's economy...
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