Need Help With Research Project

[Anonymous No.1997022]

Greeting Four Chan Science and Mathematics Forum.

I'm a student from the year 2104 (61 according to the New Era calendar) and I'm doing a report for class on communication in pre-singularity American society - I was hoping I could ask your "on line" discussion forum some questions.

Yesterday was one of your country's "Middle Term Elections" and you voted an unprecedented Democratic majority in both houses of the Congress, paving the way for decades of radical progressive reform that will, 33 years from now, culminate in the technological singularity of the human race. Manipulation of matter on a sub-molecular level, exabyte processors, faster than light travel - mere decades away.

How does it feel to live in such an exciting era of human history? What are your hopes and dreams for the future?

[Anonymous No.1997046]

>implying I won't do everything in my power to erase your timeline causing spacetime to collapse on itself because this event never happened

[Anonymous No.1997044]

Hey man, if there was a technological singularity why do independent student entities still exist?

[Anonymous No.1997057]

>>1997022
go back to /x/
and also, i hope for longer life spans so i can see this Civilisation crash and burn slowly. Then rebuild itself into a godlike race.

[Anonymous No.1997084]

what a blatant troll

[Anonymous No.1997091]

>>1997044
While human civilization in my time has the technological capability to simply download information directly into the brain, many in my era still believe in the ideal that something given has no value, that knowledge and reason must be earned. Traditional education (and in my present case, hands-on research) is still preferred.

[Anonymous No.1997105]

>>1997046
Ah yes 'temporal paradoxes'. Shortly after perfecting time travel, scientists discovered that there are natural laws which prevent such paradoxes from occurring. I'd explain but I'm afraid my understanding of them is only pre-University, my focus of study is Anthropology, not Temporal Science.

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.1997120]

I know you're lying because your post doesn't involve any Technocratic for-science countries.

[Anonymous No.1997198]

>>1997120
A technocracy implies that only the highly educated and specialist members of society hold political power. That describes nearly all citizens in my time.

Our government operates as a direct democracy. All citizens keep up to date on current politics and voter turnout for even small issues is usually around 98-99%

[Anonymous No.1997225]

>>1997198
my disinfectant kills 99.8% of germs. did they ever push it to 100% or is humanity still in the dark ages.

[Anonymous No.1997267]

>>1997225
Very nearly. Ironically the only thing we don't have a cure for is acute viral rhinopharyngitis, even nanomachines have a hard time dealing with it.

[Anonymous No.1997285]

OP...
Why are you still learning?

[peachy !7227PeachY No.1997316]

>>mfw when I'm the only one who sees he posts "both houses of congress are democratic" meaning our time is different from his
>>time takes a different turn, all the cool stuff he gets won't happen now

lol

[Anonymous No.1997323]

>>1997316
>mfw captain obvious find the utterly obvious troll

[Anonymous No.1997524]

>>1997285
As I already stated, society in my time upholds the principle that knowledge must be earned through one's education. There's an old saying I believe, "It's not the journey, it's the destination." The process of learning is just as important as the information learned. Imagine if the American education system in your era had been based on rote memorization of facts as opposed to the more thorough study, understanding, and application of knowledge you're used to.

>>1997316
Huh? What are you talking about?

[Anonymous No.1997622]

>>1997120
>mfw every other word out of the namefags on sci is 'technocracy'

[Anonymous No.1997634]

This is an international site. Primarily American, but we have Europeans, Australians, Brits and New Zealanders.

[Anonymous No.1997642]

>>1997622
Just Inurdaes.

[Inurdaes !V1sPhobos. No.1997658]

>>1997642
>>1997622

[Anonymous No.1997664]

>>1997634
Well, while I would be interested to hear what citizens from other former nations have to say, I'm afraid the scope of my current report is on American society. Maybe next time.

[Anonymous No.1997672]

>>1997634
Well, while I would be interested to hear what citizens from other former nations have to say, I'm afraid the scope of my current report is limited to early American society. Maybe next time.

[Anonymous No.1997677]

> exabyte processors, faster than light travel - mere decades away.

>mfw your computing terminology is bullshit and FTL travel is impossible

[Anonymous No.1997686]

>>1997677
Fucking Captcha.

THIS was mfw.

[Anonymous No.1997799]

>>1997677
I apologize if my 21st century computer terminology is incorrect, since computer technology is now developed, updated, and repaired autonomously it's no longer necessary to know proper terminology.

Also, you are partially correct - traveling at near-luminal or luminal velocities is indeed impossible, however spacecraft propulsion in my era operates by warping space around the craft rather than accelerating the craft through space.

[Anonymous No.1997817]

>>1997022
First of all stop being a liberal douche

both parties are evil bastards that care more about themselves then the human race/nation

also the Republics got a majority in the house of Representatives

[Anonymous No.1997842]

>also the Republics got a majority in the house of Representatives

You guys keep saying that, but that's ridiculous. I know my history.

[Anonymous No.1997849]

Sorry futuredude, but Alcubierre drives are impossible too. They explode as soon as they turn on. Even if they did work, it would just create time paradoxes too.

Also, traveling to the past is impossible.

[Anonymous No.1997862]

where do you obtain the energy to warp space to such a degree?

[Anonymous No.1997903]

a singularity is unlikely to ever happen and sure as hell won't in less than a century.

[Anonymous No.1997917]

>>1997842
http://www.politico.com/2010/maps/

[Anonymous No.1997943]

>>1997862
We've developed the capability of producing, containing, and harnessing power from artificial micro black holes. They are small, only a few hundred thousand tonnes, but can be used to generate around a hundred petawatts over the course of its lifetime.

[Anonymous No.1997961]

>>1997917
WHAT THE FUCK?!?

[Anonymous No.1997971]

I have the feeling that the OP of this thread is that cock sucker noctis

[Anonymous No.1997979]

"the energy requirements for some warp drives may be absurdly gigantic, e.g. the energy equivalent of 10^67 grams might be required to transport a small spaceship across the Milky Way galaxy. This is orders of magnitude greater than the mass of the universe."
still not enough. explain why i'm wrong

[Anonymous No.1997991]

>>1997943
I see in the future black holes make energy and watts are units of energy

[Anonymous No.1997995]

>>1997943
>grossly underestimating the energy requirements of an Alcubierre drive
>getting usable energy out of black holes
>containing and transporting them

[Anonymous No.1998071]

oh wait, he can't tell us how his future tech works because that would create a paradox