From: Avatar Polymorph (avatarpolymorph@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Dec 01 2002 - 03:34:02 MST
Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
"There are two problems with this assertion. First, there is no
"immortal maintenance" unless you can assert that protons do not decay.
That is a fundamental question of physics currently unresolved."
Robert, can you explain this further? Our bodies derive from information
coding that has survived for billions of years: does the proton decay
problem apply to us? [I would appreciate more info. on this, if it is
something obvious tell me where to do some reading! Thanx.]
"Second, the practical difficulties of regenerative medicine while not
"trivial" are not in the realm of either the Singularity or "real" nanotech.
They are within the realm of near and less-near biotech. (Of course I
argue that robust biotech equals "nanotech" but many people can't make that
connection.) Very extended lifespan is within the realm of knowledge and
technologies that I think we will have in this decade. Whether one will
have proof that they work and FDA approval (in the U.S.) for them is a much
more open question.
Robert"
I agree with you on this Robert, I anticipate some crude measures up to hair
colour, wrinkling and disease solving to be available between 2012 and 2015,
culminating in the surface appearance of youth. I agree that materials
nanotech precedes assembler and intelligence nano (molecular
supercomputers). I suspect long term problems will require the incorporation
of nano mechanisms in cell structure for efficient and easy maintenance of a
billion-year state of approximation (leaving the issue of memory aside).
Strictly speaking, the Singularity (for me anyhow) has existed since 1870 in
an obvious way, and is only manifesting a very fast spurt in a few decades
from now... Therefore it is already part of the nanotech process, for
example.
Towards Ascension
Avatar Polymorph
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