[T'wit]

Intelligence without moral law will result only in slavery and slaughter.

[leadhead]

The first half of the twenty-first century will be characterized by three overlapping revolutions—in genetics, nanotechnology, and robotics.

Tell this to the muslims. Bet they ain't buying it.

Sorry Ray, you are in a tiny bubble the majority of the world can't appreciate.

[Restorer]

Through the use of nanotechnology, we will be able to manufacture almost any physical product upon demand, world hunger and poverty will be solved, and pollution will vanish.

Possible this time. But the same claim has been made about many other technological advancements in history. Hasn't worked so far, although in 1st World countries the definition of poverty has changed so much that a poor person in the US or western Europr today is probably better off materially in absolute terms than a lower middle class person of a couple centuries ago.

[glorgau]

biology will never be able to match what we will be able to engineer once we fully understand life’s principles of operation.

Theres the rub - it will be a _long_ time before life's operation is _fully_ understood.

[Nick Danger]

[markomalley]

I am Locutus of Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile. You will disarm all your weapons and escort us to Sector Zero-Zero-One. If you attempt to intervene, we will destroy you.

 

 

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[doc30]

Sounds like the world in Richard Morgan's "Altered Carbon."

[MajorityOfOne]

"We stand on the threshold of the most profound and transformative event in the history of humanity, the “Singularity.”

Oh bullsh!t --