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How old would you guess this guy is?
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Sorry, that is not my idea of well preserved.
He reversed the progression of the disease. He has HARDLY slowed aging, sorry. He is not a good example of a well=preserved mid-50s.
He reversed the progression of the disease. He has HARDLY slowed aging, sorry. He is not a good example of a well=preserved mid-50s.
Looks average mid 50's to me. Not old or young looking.
The gray hair did give it away.
He claims that tests show his 'biological age' to be somewhere in his mid 30s... This is based off of reflexes, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, etc. That's why I asked. He doesn't look mid 30s to me but who knows, maybe he is extremely healthy for his age.
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"A joke about the impossibility of understanding the real meaning of the universe first appeared in Fit the Seventh of the radio series, in 1978. There it was stated:
There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something more bizarrely inexplicable.
There is another theory which states that this has already happened."
(wiki)
I was reading that and it reminded me of this thread. I was gonna revive this thread earlier b/c I ahd another question for Neil. In all honesty, do you truly believe we have room for 50 billion people? We forgot to factor in protected areas of land and animals, let alone pollution requirements.
With todays technology... no.
With Nanorobotics and Nanomanufacturing fully developed...
1.5% of the planets land is used for cities
30% is used for food growth.
There are 7 billion people. About 4 billion of them in the 1.5% that is used for cities. So just using the farm land alone for cities allows us to add 80 billion more people to the planet. This is without touching any protected or undeveloped lands. Of course we could go a lot higher than that. These numbers are based on todays living patterns where many don't live in apartment type buildings. With stronger and lighter building materials we are already seeing much higher buildings capable of increasing this number. Also many people will not need the same amount of space that they need today. With virtual reality being as convincing, realistic and interactive as the real world, many will choose to spend more time on their virtual property than their real property. Why would someone pay $2 million for their 3000 square foot property when they could get a 1000 square foot real property and then spend the majority of their 'home' time in their basically free 15000 square foot virtual property on 50 acres of virtual horse property? Some will still choose to spend most of their time in the real world but many will spend most of their time in their much nicer virtual world.
You have to remember. If this technology is advanced enough to make us live forever, it will also be advanced enough to eliminate farming, pollution and the need for natural resources. It also eliminates the need for office space in a real world freeing up all that land for more homes. Why have an office or store that people have to go to when you can make an almost free virtual office or store that anyone in the world can visit from the comfort of their own home? This will also eliminate most traffic.
So yeah I believe 50 billion is conservative - if the promises of nanotech are fully realized.
What did your teacher say about him?
It's been many of your earth years since I have read Douglas Arthur..but isn't that from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
And who the hell are you guys talking about? I see no picture...
His name is Ray Kurzweil
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It's been many of your earth years since I have read Douglas Arthur..but isn't that from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
And who the hell are you guys talking about? I see no picture...
Yea, I posted it b/c it pertained to my earlier theoretical statement, any opinion on it?
It's more of a random thought than a theory.
http://events.stanford.edu/events/80/8091/kurzweil.jpg
he looks like healthy living n maybe being happy are keeping him youthful. he looks older but like he feels young. not a bad thing that.
he looks like healthy living n maybe being happy are keeping him youthful. he looks older but like he feels young. not a bad thing that.
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First of all, it calls it a joke... which it is. It's just something that was said in a radio series. It was made for entertainment value. There is nothing scientific about it. It isn't based on anything other than someones random thought. It's not testable. It can't be proven or disproven. We have no scientfic evidence to support the theory (or any reason to have come up with it)... and it is kind of silly to consider it anyway. The universe was around before we ever were. It is pretty egotistical to come up with a theory that literally states that the physical laws of the universe are dependant on our understanding of them. It also assumes that there is a reason the Universe exists... as if it needs a reason to be here.
It's kind of like the "step on a crack and you'll break your mothers back" theory.
