tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post4272489265551189897..comments2023-10-30T04:16:25.917-04:00Comments on Sentient Developments: Study: Interstellar Travel Not Possible Before 2200Georgehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003484633933455827noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-70560708322210250952012-03-27T16:34:53.594-04:002012-03-27T16:34:53.594-04:00The article ignores technological history. Energy ...The article ignores technological history. Energy technology advances by revolution, not evolution. I agree that a space probe would get launched around 2050 assuming plausible advances in antimatter technology. <br /><br />But once we find a way to generate and store kilograms of antimatter, humans will not stop there. Like the atomic bomb it will grow to hundreds of tonnes within a generation. <br /><br />Governments will have to act quickly to make sure starship construction and fuelling takes place in the outer solar system. A kilogram of antimatter would wipe out a large city if detonated.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14108460048137636701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-81027120130371963122011-01-18T22:46:47.848-05:002011-01-18T22:46:47.848-05:00If you can't go fast, stay home.If you can't go fast, stay home.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16019677671124543202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-76269057791897408812011-01-11T20:09:03.078-05:002011-01-11T20:09:03.078-05:00George's third point is (it seems to me, and a...George's third point is (it seems to me, and apparently, John) the strongest of the three. 27 years isn't really that much of a baseline, all things considered, and it's really hard to see exactly where materials science and other relevant fields might go. Computational power, however, is already here, and it's already clear at least in principle how to achieve the necessary information processing capabilities to host human-level consciousness in much less unwieldy packages than evolution bequeathed.<br /><br />I disagree with the proposition that humans won't want to go to the stars (because their friends aren't going, etc.), but I totally agree that *biological* humans aren't going anywhere. Maybe not even very far into the future.Natohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05273666908715766390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-23166055477496596882011-01-10T18:29:44.172-05:002011-01-10T18:29:44.172-05:00We may need some bodies out there somewhere at fir...We may need some bodies out there somewhere at first. But ultimately, I see our post-human consciousness as really being the thing that eventually populates the whole universe. <br /><br />If he says 100-200 years using a strictly linear progression, then imagine how close we are if we experience a few positive upticks. <br /><br />Can't we tap into the power of the sun and potentially move things along much quicker?salwilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04689341798431407502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-45153099353312403122011-01-10T10:17:33.347-05:002011-01-10T10:17:33.347-05:00I agree that 500 fleshy humans aboard a ship is fa...I agree that 500 fleshy humans aboard a ship is fantasy. As concept, that 'ship has sailed'. I think if Humans do spread out into the universe, it'll be digital versions of us, this is far more energy efficient and likely, and certainly if we're talking in the 200-year time frame, then I would think it's far more likely. I'm not saying it's likely at all, I'm just saying it's FAR MORE likely that 500 human bodies boarding a ship, that's all.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07688916997474242568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6753820.post-55347795825463732172011-01-08T19:34:25.091-05:002011-01-08T19:34:25.091-05:00Well, your first two points are valid but people a...Well, your first two points are valid but people are going to want to go to the stars eventually.ZarPaulushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10923548883992534673noreply@blogger.com