Billions of years from now we won't be here. That's a given. There is just no way. Not to mention, billions of years from now, assuming we continued to advance and not destroy ourself from this point, we would be so advanced it really is hard to comprehend at this point some of the things that might be possible. Not to mention in hell, I wouldn't doubt even in a few centuries it would be possible to move enough of the population to sustain it to another near star if we had to.
Right now it's really hard to say what's possible and what isn't. There is still a lot of mystery to uncover, and even a billion years is a hell of a long time. Imagine the evolutionary changes alone >_<
I think that man will eventually merge with machine, therefor eliminating most of our worries. Artificial Intelligence, It's the next evolutionary step.
How would that eliminate our worries? And artificial intelligence has nothing to do with bionics; it can't be an evolutionary step because "artificial" means non-living.
Artificial intelligence, by definition, is not be human therefore not an evolution of humans. But a fusion with, technology sounds interesting. The whole "Ghost in the Shell" thing.
It would be an evolutionary step, because eventually, "biological" man won't exist. We already have robotic organs, but what's next? When man has a bionic brain, would he still be considered man? If his body is made up of all bionic parts, would that not make him an artificial being? AI would be able to accomplish things billions of times faster than a normal human brain, and man, once merged with machine, will have no real use for regular human minds. And yes, your right, it wont solve the problem of the expanding universe or the "big crush", but we will definately be able to avoid any problems with our sun. We would have the technology to move about the universe, and settle wherever we wanted.
hey double post! yeah grandiagod, it would be like the whole "ghost in the Shell" thing. It's also possible that we could all become one single being, kinda. not neccesarily one person, but one mind. Its the same way we are connected by the internet. If we could transfer our thoughts, somehow, put our brains on the web, than thought sharing, like file sharing, would be a reality. anytime something new was discovered, EVERYONE would know about it in seconds. kinda interesting...
It would be an evolutionary step, because eventually, "biological" man won't exist. We already have robotic organs, but what's next? When man has a bionic brain, would he still be considered man? If his body is made up of all bionic parts, would that not make him an artificial being? AI would be able to accomplish things billions of times faster than a normal human brain, and man, once merged with machine, will have no real use for regular human minds.
Okay, but it's not an "evolutionary" step, as that implies it has to do with evolution. Regardless, though, you run with the idea of a "bionic brain" as if there's no problem with that concept, but I just don't find it possible, and as long as something about a body remains human (namely, the brain), it still is.
And yes, your right, it wont solve the problem of the expanding universe or the "big crush", but we will definately be able to avoid any problems with our sun. We would have the technology to move about the universe, and settle wherever we wanted.
Just because we have the technology doesn't mean we have the capability. Just because we have the capability doesn't mean we have the desire. I believe the sun's death will be our death.
We could also wake up tomorrow to find that Iran has droped a nuke on us all. I'm fairly sure that we will kill each other before we need to worry about our sun failing or becoming one with machines. Our time will start to come to a end with in the next century.
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Blah, blah, blah, it's the tired, old we're-gonna-kill-ourselves-before-anything-else-does.
Humans will exist for as long as the Earth will support us. Even with nuclear war it can yield sustenance for anyone who tries. It will actually take the collapse of the sun to off us, I'm certain (or the regression of the moon, whichever comes first).
Really, though, within the next century? That's just stupid.
Really, this thread is about speculations billions of years into the future. "We'll colonize the stars!" "No the Sun will die first!" You guys have no freakin idea. Stop treating speculations as facts that you can "debate".
Big Bang Theory!!! Hmmmm. Not much to speculate about it except that it's a lot of bull****. I mean, they say we are created from nothing. Then the question is what created the nothing. Then what created the creator of nothing. Then who created the creator of the thing that created the nothing.
God maybe? I do not know, but who created god. Whatever made this can also go the other way. Like, what is smaller than a proton. Or how small is small. If you get what I am saying, all I am saying is that there is one big continuous chain that leads to somewhere and I believe the answers can be found in another universe.
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