From: Dan Clemmensen (Dan@Clemmensen.ShireNet.com)
Date: Sun Jul 12 1998 - 17:37:28 MDT
Dwayne wrote:
>
> John Heritage wrote:
> >
> > Does anybody here believe there will be a Star Trek future where all we
> > will have to do is spend time improving ourselves through whatever means
> > necessary? ie: The idealistic society where all of our food needs,
> > clothing needs, etc etc are taken care of by educated/intelligent machines
> > & computers?.
>
> Not only do I think it *could* occur, I think it *should* occur.
>
Is a "Star Trek future" a future where humans roughly equivlaant to today's
humans in intelligence live in a world full of extemely high technology? If so
I consider it a fantasy. A Star Trek level of technology is far more than
sufficient to permit massive intelligence augmentation. There is no reason
to believe the resulting intelligences will live as humans do.
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