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[wjfox]

Some interesting and useful stuff here -

http://en.wikipedia...._the_far_future

[Time_Traveller]

_{Wow there are quite alot of interesting bits in that link, Don't agree that Mankind will be extinct (spelling) in 10,000AD though.}

[Prolite]

If mankind doesn't become extinct within the next 200-300 years, mankind will never become extinct, even at the death of the universe. We'll just travel to a new one.

[classical piano guy]

If mankind doesn't become extinct within the next 200-300 years, mankind will never become extinct, even at the death of the universe. We'll just travel to a new one.

Honestly, I'd change that to 100 years.

Also, time travel is a far more likely solution to the "death of the universe" problem than inter-dimensional teleportation (which, according to quantum decoherence, is impossible).

Assuming wormholes are manipulable, we can just live through the lifespan of our own universe over and over again.

[Craven]

To make it a careful estimation I'd limit myself to If mankind doesn't become extinct within the next 200-300 years, mankind will never become extinct, unless it's heat death of universe. There probably are some limits to possibilites and travelling to new universe may be one of them.

[truthiness]

To make it a careful estimation I'd limit myself to If mankind doesn't become extinct within the next 200-300 years, mankind will never become extinct, unless it's heat death of universe.

You really don't think so? What if the current oil age turns out to be a blip in the overall history of mankind? Our current time might be a brief period when we were awash in energy, and the future is a slow decline toward a series of no longer globalized sustainable and agrarian societies. In that case we might plod on for further tens of thousands of years, perhaps ultimately evolving into new species or dying off as a result of a natural disaster.

I'm not a big fan of this future (I don't exactly have what you'd call an outdoorsman physique), but I do think it's at least plausible, if not likely.

[Craven]

We're at dawn of nanotechnological era, there is plenty of energy around once we're free of oil, there should be a bright future. But that's only if we don't screw things up in next two centuries.

[Prolite]

But that's only if we don't screw things up in next two centuries.

I would do anything to live through the next century. This century is going to be exciting, but the next will be even more interesting. Why? Everything we've learned during this century will carry onto the next wherein we'll learn to master this century's feats. By the end of next century, we should have almost mastered the human body, except for the brain, of course. I also want to be the first in line to buy one of these:



Look at that sunset. mhm. Paradise.

[truthiness]

I also want to be the first in line to buy one of these:

I just hope that when we can make some of ^those, Gene Roddenberry will have been proven right, and no one will be buying anything. We'll be beyond sickness, poverty, religion, famine, war, and greed.

"The acquisition of wealth is no longer the driving force in our lives. We work to better ourselves, and the rest of humanity."

- Capt. Jean-Luc Picard, USS Enterprise NCC-1701-E

[Mr. Carmichael]

You're more likely to enjoy an enterprise within a simulation than actually having one for real. Just as enjoyable as your brain would never know the difference, also a lot easier to park.

Everything enjoyable will be available totally for free within a simulation so the acquisition of goods would become irrelevant.

[jjf3]

You're more likely to enjoy an enterprise within a simulation than actually having one for real. Just as enjoyable as your brain would never know the difference, also a lot easier to park.

Everything enjoyable will be available totally for free within a simulation so the acquisition of goods would become irrelevant.

Yeah I have to agree, I don't think we'll make ships that size in the 22nd century. I think it will take a long time for it to happen. (if at all) Likely Robots will do most of the far reaching space exploration and send back 3D holographic images so we can explore them inside matrix like quantum computers. That's safer and easier.

[GNR Rvolution]

There is plenty of energy to go around, we just need to figure out a way to tap into it, and I don't think that this will be a problem. Ultimately the key problems facing humanity in the next few years seem to be the mis-management of economics, resources, geopolitics and well, each other. My biggest fear is that we haven't managed to set aside our foolish pride and greed, and that we will fight to protect what is ours, with the inevitable consequences

On a brighter note though is that if we manage to make it through this, things will be much the better. I actually think that within 100 years we won't necessarily make things in the traditional sense, things will more likely be 'grown' in nano factories. With energy and material costs now at a near zero the shift can finally begin to shift to the utopian Star Trekkian ideal, although I don't think we'll ever be that 'nice'.

Part of me thinks that we will slip into a virtual malaise, suckered in by the endless possibilities of the virtual world and happy to while away the rest of time indulging our baser desires. But the greater part of me hopes that we don't, there's so much out there to see and explore, why live in a virtual world that isn't real (well I guess philosophically that can be argued against), the darker side of me almost feels like retreating into the virtual realm to be like living in our own faeces (which I guess in some cases may be true).

But getting out and about in the big wide universe will be the ultimate problem, hopefully those clever physicists and other scientists figure out a way to find a way to traverse amongst the stars, but if it's not possible then the virtual realm will become ever more appealing...

[Prolite]

You're more likely to enjoy an enterprise within a simulation than actually having one for real. Just as enjoyable as your brain would never know the difference, also a lot easier to park.

Everything enjoyable will be available totally for free within a simulation so the acquisition of goods would become irrelevant.

No dude. I really really really want a Starship. And it has to have racing stripes on it. That would be sick.