blike Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 We will see in our lifetime: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 What is graviton detection? Just before I make any votes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blike Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 I'm gonna change that to "THeory of Everything" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Is that what it means? or are you just going to change the option? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blike Posted May 20, 2004 Author Share Posted May 20, 2004 Actually I changed it to einstein's demise ;P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Interesting poll, my votes are in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I would say all of them are reliant on some major hurdle. Should we get over it, I see most of them coming true. I don't think teleportation will happen. I don't see the detection of gravitons very soon. Should we see nuclear war, there's a good chance or lifetime will be over. I would rank them, in order of most likely: -Designer Babies -Mars Colonization -Fusion Power Plants -Longer Lifespan -Nuclear War -Graviton Detection -Teleportation [Edit] Well you changed one on me. I would still say it goes in the same spot, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I would think mars colonisation would come first as people have already started sending probes to mars. Designers babies, I don't think so for a long time. The human genome project isnt complete and won't be for a very long time. By the way, the gravitron detection is not there anymore, its "Einstein's Demise" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I guess that is dependent on what blike ment by "designer". I saw it as saying that we can make the odds of a baby having a certain trate (brown hair) better or worse dependent on the parents wishes. I guess it could be saying that all physical and mental characteristics are completely controled. If that is so, I would lower it on my list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 yeah, that is what he meant. The idea is that people (scientists) can decide what traits are passed on from the father and mother to the baby. Eventually, everyone in the world would look like a model and everyone would be smart, and the science forums would be full of people! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Hey blike, would you be able to remove a vote for designer babies for me. I will move it to second from the bottom on my list now, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I checked designer babies, fusion power plants, and nuclear war (although whether or not it is actually considered a war will probably be retrospectively reliant on historical interpretation). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 I can see designer babies becoming a reality within 10 years; probably about 50 for a fully functional fusion plant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesseract Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 I can see teleportation coming true in 2100, cold fusion about 2045, designer babies 2030, einsteins demise very soon 2015 maybe, longer lifespan 2040, mars colonization 2035, nuclear war 10,191 (as in Dune). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Don't you think that mars colonisation would be a bit earlier, like 2020 or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 what in the world are the designer babies?!? by the way, i voted for all of them, which i guess is the equivalent to none of the above. {edit} what exactly do you mean by: Don't you think that mars colonisation would be a bit earlier, like 2020 or something my idea of colonization is setting up a long term facility or society on a piece of land, in this case mars and not a simple mars walk for a few hours and then return to earth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 oh ok! what in the world are the designer babies?!? Look at my post. Post #10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 designer babies and a working Fusion generator, the rest seem a little unlikely (I hope I`m wrong about the Lifespan part though!) ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 I'm sure we'll have the technology to shift our lifespan to 100+, but it won't be distributed widely enought to actually move average human lifespan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 yeah, that`s how I figured it too I`de esstimate perhaps a 5-10 year increase on average above todays avg, in our lifetime, what is todays anyway? is it about 75 or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayonara Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 69 for men, 74 for women or thereabouts... I forget the exact figures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YT2095 Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 Aaaah, the old "Three Score and Ten" so going on that the avg would be about 71.5, I recon about avg 76 to 80 in our lifetimes then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 I would think that the scientists would (if possible) increase the average lifespan by much more than that, definitely. Not only 5 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admiral_ju00 Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 I would think that the scientists would (if possible) increase the average lifespan by much more than that, definitely. Not only 5 years! to what end? i personally wouldn't want to live that long 'till i loose my sanity and be unable to control my bodily functions unless ofcourse they develop something that extends or improves one's cognitions..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aommaster Posted May 21, 2004 Share Posted May 21, 2004 LOL!!! To what end? I would say at least 150 or more. I don't think anyone has actually lived that long. The highest I remembered was 121 or something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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