Scientist: Immortality, Superhumaness in 20 Years

[dark_lord69]

For those of you that are non-believers I say you don't understand nanotechnology. I have written multiple reports about it while I was in college. When nanotechnology really takes off... it will change the world in ways that you wouldn't believe. There are websites dedicated to the changes that are comming.

FYI-
The last line is more of a joke. You can't take that seriously. Alouth some parts may be machine you would be more likely to see a person with a real replacement arm. Being completely realistic nanobots may some day give you the ability to re-grow the arm that just got blowen off in a war. Not in months.. but in just a few days.

If you are wondering... I'm not going to explain how it works. Just read about it, do plenty of research, it's a very interesting topic.

 

[doomtomb]

The robots are taking over

 

[precariousgray]

This sounds all good and wonderful, but what people don't realize is that the you you think you are is no longer the same once it is so heavily changed and modified, and that the existence you live is no longer the same when it is a machine-injected lie. The human experience is flesh, blood, and bone -- and not meant to last.

 

[crisisavatar]

Cool story bro.

 

[igot1forya]

At the rate it takes for ANY clinical trial to begin and then get approval, it still wont be for at least a 100 years. And then immortality will be solely owned by a pharmaceutical company, or the patent will be blocked or held up in court... just long enough for me to die 🙁

Besides, where's my flying car? We were supposed to have flying cars by '85?

 

[LORD_ORION]

Immortality is not so far fetched. Also, you can already have the experiences you want to have by Lucid Dreaming. I am certain this is the approach they will take. The nanobots simply make you go to sleep while keeping your consciousness aware that you are sleeping, so you can do whatever you want in your own little simulator.

 

[Guest]

yeah after I get my flying car they promised

 

[Guest]

n000bs

 

[godnodog]

That´s just great, now we´ll get stuck forever with the question "Yeah but will it play crisis?" (Hope we can get to keep our sense of humor)

With all that nanotech, the queation remains, we´ll we need anit-virus, anti-malaware and all that stuff?
By the way I wanna have allways the latest on nano graphic stuff and possible in triple-sli and a hole bunch of multi-core and lots of ram and a lot of os disk space (aparently we´re gonna need a lot of it for our memories).

And for some (not all) people reading this: I was being sarcastic!!!!

 

[jsschneidereit]

Metal Gear Solid 4 is on my mind

 

[maigo]

i think i can live that much longer

 

[Dekasav]

Prey.

 

[gto127]

Futuristic theorists like this are almost always wrong. Although we might could achieve what they predict, we never do for one reason- Money
All our advancements are based on how marketable they are, how much they cost to produce & how much money they will make big corporations. We had the technology for a water powered car years ago but are just now moving toward it due to big companies milking us for gas $ as long as they could.

 

[Jclonts82]

Daahhhh the borg

 

[chuckdalton]

Will it stop hair growing out of my ears?

 

[agentjon]

There are too many people on this rock as their is. Why would we want people to live longer? Unless someone is planing in purging the kludges.

 

[princeofdreams]

This isn't just wild ramblings, there have been huge steps made already. I have watched a lot of documentaries about this topic. As you get older (I am nearly 50) the question of longevity becomes a more burning issue.

The human genome is nearly fully mapped, they have already identified many of genes that cause ageing, it is possible to alter these genes with DNA therapy, in experiments they have already doubled the life expectancy of mice. On all of teh programmes I have watch the consensus has been that in approx 20 they will be able to halt and possibly reverse ageing.

But it does raise lots of questions, both ethical and practical, if we live longer, even if we just double the life span of the average human it will have a devastating effect on human population growth, it is not sustainable on this planet. So would everyone give up the right to have children? I doubt it, it is our most basic instinct to breed. resources would be stretched beyond breaking point and of course that then leads to wars

And who would get this treatment? Not the likes of you and me, it would be reserved for those who have the so called greatest minds (insert the word Rich here) Do you think they will go too the housing projects in America, or the council estates in England shouting "Hey, who wants to claim social security payments forever?" We will end up with an even more unfair fractured society, civil unrest, riots etc.

They should realise that just because you can do something, does not mean you SHOULD do it

 

[princeofdreams]

This isn't just wild ramblings, there have been huge steps made already. I have watched a lot of documentaries about this topic. As you get older (I am nearly 50) the question of longevity becomes a more burning issue.

The human genome is nearly fully mapped, they have already identified many of genes that cause ageing, it is possible to alter these genes with DNA therapy, in experiments they have already doubled the life expectancy of mice. On all of teh programmes I have watch the consensus has been that in approx 20 they will be able to halt and possibly reverse ageing.

But it does raise lots of questions, both ethical and practical, if we live longer, even if we just double the life span of the average human it will have a devastating effect on human population growth, it is not sustainable on this planet. So would everyone give up the right to have children? I doubt it, it is our most basic instinct to breed. resources would be stretched beyond breaking point and of course that then leads to wars

And who would get this treatment? Not the likes of you and me, it would be reserved for those who have the so called greatest minds (insert the word Rich here) Do you think they will go too the housing projects in America, or the council estates in England shouting "Hey, who wants to claim social security payments forever?" We will end up with an even more unfair fractured society, civil unrest, riots etc.

They should realise that just because you can do something, does not mean you SHOULD do it

 

[ravewulf]

Over population to infinity anyone?

 

[foody]

20 years and 200 million dollars for anybody who wants it done to them.