Damien,
How do you purpose to "tweak" the universe without delving into the
nanoscale? Do you know what nanotechnology is comprised of?
Gina "Nanogirl" Miller
See my web site about nanotechnology at
http://www.delphi.com/nanogirl
>Date: Fri, 05 Mar 1999 14:00:52 +0000
>From: Damien Broderick <damien@ariel.ucs.unimelb.edu.au>
>Subject: Re: Is anyone interested in immortality for all?
>To: extropians@extropy.com
>Reply-To: extropians@extropy.com
>
>At 01:23 PM 3/4/99 PST, Gina wrote:
>
>>>Here's a question. Who is interested in immortality for all a la
>>Frank Tipler?
>
>>What is needed is nanotechnology.
>
>No. What is needed is not the capacity to manipulate atoms deftly, but
the
>ability to shove meta-galaxies around and to tweak the shape of a
universal
>contracting spacetime in the final zillionsths of a second of its
plunge
>toward a Big Crunch. (Note `a la Tipler', above.)
>
>Nano will be nice to have, but it's about as relevant to the Omerga
Point
>as a stone axe.
>
>Damien Broderick
>