What possible future event will you regret not being alive to witness? - Page 2

Full Metal · #11 05-11-2006, 06:04 PM

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The day when man, through his technology, becomes God.

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This will happen before the year 2050.

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Haven't we already mapped the genome? Aren't we already capable of playing god?

FlFishOn · #12 05-11-2006, 06:17 PM

It need not be intelligent, simply extraterrestrial. Hope I live long enough.

miketurner · #13 05-11-2006, 06:30 PM

Teleportation would be pretty cool.

HLMencken · #14 05-11-2006, 06:34 PM

The extinction of humankind and the planet recovers and keeps on going.

runner428 · #15 05-11-2006, 07:02 PM

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The extinction of humankind and the planet recovers and keeps on going.

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madnak · #16 05-11-2006, 07:03 PM

Sentient computers. Definitely.

hmkpoker · #17 05-11-2006, 07:42 PM

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Sentient computers. Definitely.

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How do you know they're not already (to some degree) sentient?

madnak · #18 05-11-2006, 07:57 PM

Because I program computers. And I don't think any of the emergence going on right now can qualify as sentience.

BigSoonerFan · #19 05-11-2006, 08:42 PM

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Teleportation would be pretty cool.

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Just don't let the general riff-raff get ahold of it!

"Hey y'all, watch this!"

BigSoonerFan · #20 05-11-2006, 08:42 PM

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Sentient computers. Definitely.

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How do you know they're not already (to some degree) sentient?

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How do you know that's not what we are?