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The Human-Techno Future: How Weird? How Soon?
NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM ^
| Wednesday, August 3, 2005
| Sean Markey
Posted on 08/05/2005 5:14:58 PM PDT by Momaw Nadon
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FYI and discussion
To: PatrickHenry
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:15:59 PM PDT
by
Momaw Nadon
("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
To: Momaw Nadon
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:17:35 PM PDT
by
Captainpaintball
(Maybe we DON'T wish to keep our republic, Mr. Franklin!!!)
To: Momaw Nadon
But all I want is to be a real boy
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:19:07 PM PDT
by
bobdsmith
To: Momaw Nadon
Interesting article, I recommend Ray Kurzweil's books and daily newsletter for anyone interested in these topics.
The future is going to be rather interesting to say the least (assuming we survive to see it).
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:23:32 PM PDT
by
va4me
To: Momaw Nadon; va4me
And we're all going to be flying around in cars and spending summers on the moon.
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:30:37 PM PDT
by
LauraleeBraswell
(I will never again read another thing by Christopher Hitchens !)
To: Momaw Nadon; neverdem; KevinDavis
Most interesting! But it doesn't fit my ping lists. Maybe one of the other list-keepers will pick it up.
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:33:10 PM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. The List-O-Links is at my homepage.)
To: Momaw Nadon
To: Momaw Nadon
My prediction: A failure to ban human cloning will result in a new "stealth" slavery that will be more contentious than the original slavery. Clone slaves will not only serve as body doubles or "multipliers" but also will be used for organ harvesting. There are no debates about this - either one is completely opposed to slavery in all its forms or one is not. There is no middle ground on this issue.
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:40:01 PM PDT
by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the"and Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
To: Momaw Nadon
Fabulous post.
Current technology is so advanced that it will take us a generation to understand what we know today.
Machine and man are integrating, right here, right now.
We may well end up in a state that can only be defined as nearly immortal. We will never be as God, and those who seek such will destroy everything.
I think the scenarios in the post covered this nicely.
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:40:23 PM PDT
by
mmercier
(Bungee jumping into the abyss)
To: BurbankKarl
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:45:38 PM PDT
by
Momaw Nadon
("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
To: GOP_1900AD
slaves will not only serve as body doubles or "multipliers" but also will be used for organ harvesting. They made a bad movie with a great plot about this -- "Parts: The Clonus Horror." (It has a 2 rating on IMDB and was used in an MST3K episode).
I have said many times that if a good producer were to remake (from scratch) this movie it would do well -- because it is starting to look plausible.
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:51:08 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(Durka Durka Durka. Muhammed Jihad Durka.)
To: GOP_1900AD
Sounds similar to the recently released movie, The Island.
To: The Grammarian
Indeed, I understand that is exactly what it is about.
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posted on
08/05/2005 5:54:42 PM PDT
by
GOP_1900AD
(Stomping on "PC," destroying the"and Left, and smoking out faux "conservatives" - Take Back The GOP!)
To: freedumb2003
I have said many times that if a good producer were to remake
Now showing: "The Island"
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:03:38 PM PDT
by
Hot Tabasco
(What is a homosexual Islamic Jihadist going to do with 72 virgins? Can he give them away?)
To: Momaw Nadon
I keep trying to clone myself in my basement.
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:06:35 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: isom35
You think too small.
I'm working on several Hollywood starlets in the basement. (evil grin)
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:13:44 PM PDT
by
Salgak
(Acme Lasers presents: The Energizer Border: I dare you to try and cross it. . .)
To: Salgak
if you get the salma hayek clone done right, could ya make one for me?
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posted on
08/05/2005 6:16:49 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: Momaw Nadon
I wanna shoot lightning out of my finger tips like that emperor dude in Star Wars!!! Transhumanism is here.
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posted on
08/05/2005 8:32:14 PM PDT
by
eagle11
To: Momaw Nadon
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posted on
08/05/2005 9:43:25 PM PDT
by
LiteKeeper
(The radical secularization of America is happening)
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