12 Jul 2014, 3:56 am
envirozentinel wrote:
H G Wells explored a similar idea in The Time Machine, though based along slightly different lines... the virtual reality crowd would most likely be quite happy underground actually 
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However I'm not certain in we as a species can survive that long under current conditions such as global warming, overpopulation and the like. The earth, yes, but it could not sustain the sheer numbers of what is the most destructive species on the planet....
.However I'm not certain in we as a species can survive that long under current conditions such as global warming, overpopulation and the like. The earth, yes, but it could not sustain the sheer numbers of what is the most destructive species on the planet....
I'm afraid I agree with you. Humans as individuals and humans as a society have much more potential impact on the world than they ever have and I can't help wondering if humanity is digging its own grave with global warming, man made lethal viruses as transmissible as the common cold escaping from biological warfare labs (or used intentionally); powerful nuclear weapons, the risk of self-replicating nanite robots, the risk of an AI taking over when the technological singularity eventually happens. The scope for man made disaster at a world wide level is increasing all the time. I have doubts if humans will still be around in a hundred years time.
12 Jul 2014, 3:57 am
DentArthurDent wrote:
TallyMan wrote:
Within a few hundred years (at the most) humans will likely be artificially manipulating the genome much faster than evolution has ever done.
If god wills it
