Comment on Trailer now available for Ray Kurzweil's movie, "Transcendent Man"parentComments−jksmith17yMaybe the universe is a closed system, but reaching the "Singularity" before we reach maximum entropy is probably more likely.−scott_s17yOur "plate" is probably not all of the known universe. We may never leave this solar system.−jksmith17yWhich makes for another interesting issue. Some Packlid may be reading this and thinking, "What do you mean "we" human?" Kurzweil may still (already) be proven right, whether we make it happen or not. Just some whimsy for thought.−GHFigs17yWhat makes you think that?−scott_s17yCharles Stross, a science fiction writer, has an interesting essay about the difficulties involved: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/06/the_high...His conclusion is that it's unlikely, and I agree.
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Maybe the universe is a closed system, but reaching the "Singularity" before we reach maximum entropy is probably more likely.
Our "plate" is probably not all of the known universe. We may never leave this solar system.
Which makes for another interesting issue. Some Packlid may be reading this and thinking, "What do you mean "we" human?" Kurzweil may still (already) be proven right, whether we make it happen or not. Just some whimsy for thought.
What makes you think that?
Charles Stross, a science fiction writer, has an interesting essay about the difficulties involved: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2007/06/the_high...
His conclusion is that it's unlikely, and I agree.