Man's greatest achievement

When you ask people around the world what they think is man's greatest
achievement, many will answer the manned moon landings of the late '60's and
early '70's. It's unfortunate, therefore, that so many are denouncing the
Bush initiative to explore beyond Earth orbit.

What will man's greatest achievement be in 50 years? A manned Mars mission?

Mans greatest achievement: Viagra
"Uddo Graaf" wrote in message
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When you ask people around the world what they think is man's greatest
achievement, many will answer the manned moon landings of the late '60's
and
early '70's. It's unfortunate, therefore, that so many are denouncing the
Bush initiative to explore beyond Earth orbit.

What will man's greatest achievement be in 50 years? A manned Mars
mission?

What will man's greatest achievement be in 50 years?

Conquering the process of mortality through genetic modification and/or body
cybernetics.

Peace, cooperation with other nations and peoples, on going to Mars and
beyond..

Mike


Uddo Graaf wrote:

When you ask people around the world what they think is man's greatest
achievement, many will answer the manned moon landings of the late '60's and
early '70's. It's unfortunate, therefore, that so many are denouncing the
Bush initiative to explore beyond Earth orbit.

What will man's greatest achievement be in 50 years? A manned Mars mission?

"G EddieA95" wrote in message
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What will man's greatest achievement be in 50 years?

Conquering the process of mortality through genetic modification and/or
body
cybernetics.

That won't bring immortality. The universe only has a few billion years
left, then we're all doomed. I think eventually we'll learn how to modify
the structure of space/time and change the laws of physics to suit our own
purposes. Stick around. The next few centuries are going to be interesting.

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004, Uddo Graaf wrote:

When you ask people around the world what they think is man's greatest
achievement, many will answer the manned moon landings of the late '60's and
early '70's. It's unfortunate, therefore, that so many are denouncing the
Bush initiative to explore beyond Earth orbit.

What will man's greatest achievement be in 50 years? A manned Mars mission?

Self destruction.

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When you ask people around the world what they think is man's greatest
achievement, many will answer the manned moon landings of the late '60's and
early '70's.

Maybe many will, but it's questionable if we should believe their
uninformed opinions. If the question were more dispassionately studied, as
opposed to merely being voted upon after television brain-washing, I
suspect that other scientific achievements would be more notable.

It's unfortunate, therefore, that so many are denouncing the
Bush initiative to explore beyond Earth orbit.

We have constantly been exploring beyond earth orbit since the space
program began and continue to do so. People have a problem with the Bush
program because it detracts from real science at the expense of stunts and
doesn't actually provide the funding to back up the initiatives. It also
makes idiotic claims, like that nasa is "just going around in circles" in
low earth orbit, which is not accurate.



What will man's greatest achievement be in 50 years? A manned Mars mission?

It's highly doubtful that this will be the greatest thing we achieve in the
next fifty years. If it is then humanity is in deep trouble.

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"G EddieA95" wrote in message
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What will man's greatest achievement be in 50 years?

Conquering the process of mortality through genetic modification
and/or
body
cybernetics.

That won't bring immortality. The universe only has a few billion
years left, then we're all doomed. I think eventually we'll learn how
to modify the structure of space/time and change the laws of physics
to suit our own purposes. Stick around. The next few centuries are
going to be interesting.

He means Immortality as in: Not getting old & croaking simply because time
passed by. No technology will make you immune to accidents or environment
failure. But stopping this slow rot that is considered "normal" ageing
would be a huge step towards immortality.

"Uddo Graaf" wrote in
:

When you ask people around the world what they think is man's greatest
achievement, many will answer the manned moon landings of the late
'60's and early '70's. It's unfortunate, therefore, that so many are
denouncing the Bush initiative to explore beyond Earth orbit.

What will man's greatest achievement be in 50 years? A manned Mars
mission?


True AI.
A computer intelligence that actually *works*. One that is capable of
understanding, and hence improving itself.

Of course, this will be one of mankind's very last inventions, after that
our descendants will *be* that AI.



Computer speeds are doubling about every 14 months.
Human brain speeds are doubling about every 100 000 years.
You pick the inevitable winner.

That won't bring immortality. The universe only has a few billion
years left, then we're all doomed.... Stick around. The next few centuries
are
going to be interesting.

He means Immortality as in: Not getting old & croaking simply because time
passed by. No technology will make you immune to accidents or environment
failure.

Thank you for doing my explaining for me. Yes, no amount of body-cybernetics
will cancel accidental mortality. But I will still need it, in order to "stick
around for a few centuries."