/sci/ - Science & Math

Future discussion thread. What do you guys think the future will bring? I am a big fan of Ray Kurzweil myself and do believe we will reach the so called singularity within some decades. Do you believe we will be able to live forever? I am optimistic on this too, and actually don't believe we are that far from it, I certainly believe I am going to "live forever" myself, or at least I estimate it to be very plausible. I find it kinda funny though, how most people are completely unaware of the progress in longevity, and everytime I bring the subject up I am met with strong scepticism, most people view living forever as certain science fiction, what do you think?

OP maybe you won't be alive to witness those things , but I will :)

>>5993888
>>5993580
can't wait.

>>5601464
The best way to create a mind is to fuck a chick

genius or kook?

>implying he will never meet his father

>>4427443
evolution doesn't exist if you intelligently control the outcome. Humans can no longer evlove, they can only transcend and this transcendence is called the singularity; it is fast approaching.

Ray Kuzweil. Nutcase with father issues or does he have a point with this singularity stuff?

Come on, /sci/. There have got to be some people knowledgeable about this.

What's the deal with it ? Someone was saying /sci/ was bitch for this guy

>>3621171
Soon we will all become Machine Gods who feast on quanta from sunlight.

If we ever seriously travel the cosmos, this is how it will be done:

1. We will be transhumans. Our minds and self will be on some form of computer. This will eliminate the demand for cumbersome appliances to sustain biological life. This will also eliminate the demand for the travel to be short, as it could literally take a million years--and everyone at home will still be alive.

2. Advanced engineering, coupled with the freedoms brought by not flying biological humans, will allow near light speed travel.

3. With molecular assemblers, we should be able to re-synthesize any foreign samples back at home. All we need is the data. This allows for an even less cumbersome space ship.

4. Artificial intelligence will solve most of the petty technical issues.

>just wrote this now
>feel free to copypasta this or improve on it

The Singularity is Near by Ray Kurzweil
Transcendent Man documentary

It's called clinical life extension (bridge 1) and finally transhumanism.

Get with the program, noob.

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The singularity is near..
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>>3002623
>he doesn't think transhumanism is only imminent (i.e. within this century)

What majors/fields would bring us closer to the Singularity?

I'll start

Computer programming
Electrical engineering
Neuroscience
Biology, specifically molecular biology and biotechnology
Materials science

>>2883633
>human brain
>implying my brain won't be inorganic in a few years according to ray kurzweil

my goal is to make, reinvest, and save enough money to afford transhumanism (probably $5 million starting) once it comes

>>2708876
Feels good man