How advanced are we really?

[J-Dogg]

I was watching a show the other day on binary stars.

They are supper compressed and have a hard outer shell over them.

SUPER dense too, a 1cm cube of the star matter would weigh 800billion pounds! a sugar cube, would weight as much as 800 cargo carriers.

The outer shell,because an electron collapses into a proton (Something like that? sorry) makes it 10billion times harder than steel.

It makes you wonder, we know if this stuff, but have been unable to reverse engineer it.

We have "idea's" using antimatter fuel in ships that could archive speeds near the speed of light.

But we are still just using fossil fuels, and our biggest source of energy is nuclear, and everyone is scared of it.

Just reading and watching this kind of stuff, makes you really realize how important we think we are, but really how little we actually matter.

[Epic1]

yeah i love hearing about that stuff. I had an astronomy class in college and i think it was the only class i got an A in because i was so interested in it

[J-Dogg]

yeah i love hearing about that stuff. I had an astronomy class in college and i think it was the only class i got an A in because i was so interested in it

It is amazing, I've never been into physics so much, but would really like to learn more about it.

As a kid, I was always that one, that was into comic books, into super hero's, science fiction. I think being around all that, makes me want to be more than just a average human.

I always am thinking, how can i be more? That's how I got into lifting, to be bigger and stronger than others.

But the things you could do with a life time of work and properly funded physics and dealings at the molecular level would be amazing.

And our lives are so short! The idea, that we won't live long enough to witness, or be part of interstellar space travel....unbearable!

[Monster87]

Yep, we are completely insignificant. And considering the vastness of the universe there are probably millions of species that are way more advanced then us.

[J-Dogg]

Yep, we are completely insignificant. And considering the vastness of the universe there are probably millions of species that are way more advanced then us.

I know it sounds crazy, but thinking about this, about life, and about the universe...with all that's done, going on and with the ability to think like we do....why do we even have to ever die?

We know how we age, and why.

We fund trillions of dollars a year to politics in this world, just think if that much effort was applied to humans as a species, to improve and/or better themselves. Allow people to reach out further than what we have just here on earth, give them something to dream about, wish for, and look forward too.

IMO: Religion is one of the biggest things that hold our species down. And it's sad because Religion is the tool created to cope with death. With out it, these groups could make huge changes to humanity. Stem cell research is amazing, and Religion holds us back from even utilizing it.

[Monster87]

IMO: Religion is one of the biggest things that hold our species down. And it's sad because Religion is the tool created to cope with death. With out it, these groups could make huge changes to humanity. Stem cell research is amazing, and Religion holds us back from even utilizing it.

Big X2!
As for the immortality bit, well there is a lot being done in an attempt to make humans biologically immortal. I actually didn't know this before, but there are some species of jellyfish that are biologically immortal, and actually can make themselves younger! Brilliant minds are at work trying to replicate those processes, but that breakthrough is probably several centuries away from being truly realized.
In the near future, there will be advances that will add years, maybe even decades to the average lifespan, however.

[Monster87]

I also think, as a species, we tend to overestimate our intelligence, since we are far and away the smartest beings on the planet. We've already developed our technology so significantly though, I mean really, how much farther can we go with it? Isn't there a threshold at some point? It's entirely possible that these ideas of achieving lightspeed, antimatter, and immortality (among others), will forever remain the ridiculous fantasies of a stupid, self-important species.

[Epic1]

I think anything is possible. Look how far we have come in a 100 years. Imagine in the next 100 years what it will be like. We advance at an exponential rate not just a straight line. I think ANYTHING is possible.

[Monster87]

I think anything is possible. Look how far we have come in a 100 years. Imagine in the next 100 years what it will be like. We advance at an exponential rate not just a straight line. I think ANYTHING is possible.

It's easy to think that, sure. 100 years ago we were riding around on ****ing horses, and now we have aircrafts that send people to space going 5 miles a second. The thing is though, it's been JUST the last 100-200 years. In our thousands of years of existence prior to the industrial and technological revolutions, we made very little progress. The breakthroughs we've made in the last century have been unbelievably groundbreaking, but the following gains have been inexorable and overrated (although impressive). IMO, the progress we've made in the last century does not correlate accurately with our relatively marginal increase in intelligence, and as a result, there will eventually be limits, although what those are is anyone's guess...

[chicmagnet]

It's very interesting and impressive, the problem is that the more we learn the more we realise we don't know.

[J-Dogg]

I also think, as a species, we tend to overestimate our intelligence, since we are far and away the smartest beings on the planet. We've already developed our technology so significantly though, I mean really, how much farther can we go with it? Isn't there a threshold at some point? It's entirely possible that these ideas of achieving lightspeed, antimatter, and immortality (among others), will forever remain the ridiculous fantasies of a stupid, self-important species.

I think our biggest short coming is not even our lack of, or maybe a over all lack of ability or intelligence to make much faster and bigger advancements, but what holds us back is the lack of interest.

These projects we speak of are very low funded in comparison with the rest of the projects.

The way I see it, the USA is already on the tail end of it's reign. All great powers eventually fall,and the US is too involved with saving the world. We treat each country as if it is our responsibility, to protect and do what we feel is right, like we are raising these countries as our children.

Any good, parent knows, you have to take care of yourself, or you can't ever help your children though.

Funding these projects would be a great way to stimulate the economy, add some high paying educated jobs. Instead, we look to create more factory jobs, reform a health care system that is held restrained by religion and wasting 600 billion a year to train soldiers to train.

[Monster87]

Everyones fvcked no matter what lol.