Funny last line in the brief article. It's hard to put much of anything past those few brilliant folks that are on the cutting edge of physics and the other theoretical sciences. It gives one hope that some of the problems facing our society are maybe not as insurmountable as they sometimes seem.
I think a holodeck will eliminate that issue, as only people truly interested in actual nature will bother to go to the real thing. The rest will visit virtually.
And as we know, the main ingredient of the holodeck is near constant transporting.
I think we will achieve the technology to create a virtual world sooner than the ability to deconstruct, transport and reconstruct an actual living thing.
The thing about the virtual existence from the previous post is that the computer only needs to keep track of what is completely visual at anyone time. If some dissects or probes molecularly it can scale up, but for those of us just moving through the macro Newtonian universe only a fairly sophisticated physics engine is required at most times. Einstein be damned.
So, the epic question, if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it make a sound? Possibly not.
And, as we also know - no one ever, EVER creates images of people they actually know in the holodeck in order to have sex with them. That would be wrong and, quite frankly, quite sick.
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Funny last line in the brief article. It's hard to put much of anything past those few brilliant folks that are on the cutting edge of physics and the other theoretical sciences. It gives one hope that some of the problems facing our society are maybe not as insurmountable as they sometimes seem.
Fire up that transporter. I want to go to Kuala Lampur RIGHT NOW.
My biggest fear about a future with transporters. The sudden despoilage of all that was once remote & pristine.
I think a holodeck will eliminate that issue, as only people truly interested in actual nature will bother to go to the real thing. The rest will visit virtually.
And as we know, the main ingredient of the holodeck is near constant transporting.
I think we will achieve the technology to create a virtual world sooner than the ability to deconstruct, transport and reconstruct an actual living thing.
The thing about the virtual existence from the previous post is that the computer only needs to keep track of what is completely visual at anyone time. If some dissects or probes molecularly it can scale up, but for those of us just moving through the macro Newtonian universe only a fairly sophisticated physics engine is required at most times. Einstein be damned.
So, the epic question, if a tree falls in the forest and no one is there, does it make a sound? Possibly not.
And, as we also know - no one ever, EVER creates images of people they actually know in the holodeck in order to have sex with them. That would be wrong and, quite frankly, quite sick.
Possibly violating a lesser known sub-clause of The Prime Directive.
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