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Holy Crap Guys: or, How We Will All Be Cyborgs By 2030
imapiratearg:
--- Quote ---"The changes will be faster and more profound than the very, very slow changes that would occur over tens of thousands of years as a result of natural selection and biological evolution."
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This does not sit well with me. By overriding nature's way, we will surely make mistakes and almost certainly not fix the flaws within humanity that natural selection and evolution would produce. Granted we don't nuke ourselves into oblivion before we get the chance.
pwhodges:
Prediction is a mug's game. My first wife's father ran the first fusion research plant in the world (Zeta, at Harwell); when it was started up (1955 or so), he was pictured in the papers under headlines like "Free Electricity in Ten Years". Of course, he never said that, though I think he was still disappointed at how slow development turned out to be.
What you can be sure of is that the really important changes will catch you by surprise.
CamusCanDo:
All I can say is, Magnectic Implants guys.
RedLion:
Nanotechnology is already starting this process. A lot of it will be for the better, but it brings tons of risks, both scientific and ethical, along with it.
Plus, amputees are continually getting more and more advanced prosthetic legs that are starting to make their wearers cyborg-like, at least in terms of heightened athletic abilities.
ViolentDove:
--- Quote from: Patatat on 15 Jul 2008, 13:51 ---All I know is 30 years ago, we were promised flying cars, and space travel.
Ahem, yeah I am still not a space pirate, and by the looks of things I might never get that chance.
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We already have flying cars and space travel. However, these things are for rich people. Much like growing a new heart valve inside your leg will be, or injecting yourself with nanabots that give you super strength, or whatever.
I mean, I know these scientists have to get grants, which is why invariably they're unflaggingly optimistic about the applications of technology for humankind... but it always seems left to science fiction authors to point out that the benefits of the newest technology will be the domain of the rich, and revolutionary technologies may result in the formation of a "genetic underclass" or similar.
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