Scientist: Immortality, Superhumaness in 20 Years
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: kurzweil, immortality, superhuman, powers, theory | Themes: Digital Entertainment, Business
Do you want to live forever?
Being immortal has long been a dream of humans. We're always searching for ways to do more with the time that we've got, and even then, it's never enough time.
Thanks to science, our life expectancy has constantly been increasing. Now famed scientist and futurist Ray Kurzweil thinks that we'll be immortal in just two decades.
According to the Telegraph, Kurzweil said that, at the rate of advancement in our understanding with science and technology, we could slow down or even reverse the aging process.
How will this be accomplished? Kurzweil thinks that it'll be nanotechnology.
"I and many other scientists now believe that in around 20 years we will have the means to reprogramme our bodies' stone-age software so we can halt, then reverse, ageing. Then nanotechnology will let us live for ever," Kurzweil wrote.
"Within 25 years we will be able to do an Olympic sprint for 15 minutes without taking a breath, or go scuba-diving for four hours without oxygen," Kurzweil added. "Nanotechnology will extend our mental capacities to such an extent we will be able to write books within minutes."
Kurzweil even goes on to say that nanobots can shut down our brain signals and take us to experiences that we want, all from brain stimulation. And yes, that does mean that virtual sex would become commonplace.
What does this all spell out for our future? According to Kurzweil's theory the Law of Accelerating Returns: "So we can look forward to a world where humans become cyborgs, with artificial limbs and organs."
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BULLSH!T.
hooray for overpopulation!
Nanotechnology cannot save you from having your head blown off, yet.....
I don't buy it. Everything created by humans is inherently flawed, and the human body has inherent flaws, so human life will always end with death.
As for the virtual experiences, it sounds extreme but plausible.
It sounds like he is just making a commercial for his upcoming movie. http://www.wired.com/entertainment [...] urzweil_qa
I think this is 20 years away, and will always remain 20 years away.
The promise of virtual sex!? The future is bright... or dim depending on your point of view.
Though, they said we'd be flying around like the jetsons by now way back in the sixties or something, so I'm not about to hold my breath.
I particularly like the long list of references given in this article.
YES! Not only computers and devices have downtimes with firmware upgrades, now us humans can enjoy the pleasure of randomly updating to fix some bugs if that so happens to be. Maybe it will even happen while I'm crossing the street while a bus is coming
Men transcending God comes to mind.
Then again this is all assuming we survive the 2012 apocalypse...
in spite of all the comments above , i think that if not 20 a bit more , but it is possible ... intel says we'll be simulating a whole cell based on protein folding in 2016 ... nano understanding is the prerequisite to nano engineering ... think positive guys, the singularity will dawn upon us ... come on , we'll celebrate 100 years anniversary of crysis ! future tech always sounds like fantasy but look over the past 500 years ...
"Will I dream?"
Future looks bright for spyware and malware writers.
If this technology were to come around, even if it was possible to take one injection and live forever...the companies who hold the technology would never allow it. it wold require a "subscription" plan that would need to be renewed anually.
Deus Ex, anyone?
Is there any new facts or breakthroughs to support this claim? How is this news? Because some crazy guy said it.... ?? In the 50s they claimed everyone would have their own jetpack in 20 years... some things are out of our grasp, without a serious breakthrough. News of predictions isn't news.
Nanotechnology cannot save you from having your head blown off, yet.....
thats invincibility not immortality
Assuming that castration goes along with it, this is NOT going to help the overpopulation problem... Besides, over a long enough timespan, you have 100% probability of dying from something other than old age...
PS: I assume that none of you christians/muslims/jews would be signing up for this, since "god" is going to give you "eternal life" anyways, right?
The science is there, but the social engineering takes a lot longer to over come. There are still those on this planet that fear artificial body replacements, like heart valves.
My personal favorite is... Stop trying to play God. I would if I actually thought God existed.
For those of you that are non-believers I say you don't understand nanotechnology. I have written multiple reports about it while I was in college. When nanotechnology really takes off... it will change the world in ways that you wouldn't believe. There are websites dedicated to the changes that are comming.
FYI-
The last line is more of a joke. You can't take that seriously. Alouth some parts may be machine you would be more likely to see a person with a real replacement arm. Being completely realistic nanobots may some day give you the ability to re-grow the arm that just got blowen off in a war. Not in months.. but in just a few days.
If you are wondering... I'm not going to explain how it works. Just read about it, do plenty of research, it's a very interesting topic.
The robots are taking over
This sounds all good and wonderful, but what people don't realize is that the you you think you are is no longer the same once it is so heavily changed and modified, and that the existence you live is no longer the same when it is a machine-injected lie. The human experience is flesh, blood, and bone -- and not meant to last.
Cool story bro.
At the rate it takes for ANY clinical trial to begin and then get approval, it still wont be for at least a 100 years. And then immortality will be solely owned by a pharmaceutical company, or the patent will be blocked or held up in court... just long enough for me to die
Besides, where's my flying car? We were supposed to have flying cars by '85?
Immortality is not so far fetched. Also, you can already have the experiences you want to have by Lucid Dreaming. I am certain this is the approach they will take. The nanobots simply make you go to sleep while keeping your consciousness aware that you are sleeping, so you can do whatever you want in your own little simulator.
yeah after I get my flying car they promised
n000bs
That´s just great, now we´ll get stuck forever with the question "Yeah but will it play crisis?" (Hope we can get to keep our sense of humor)
With all that nanotech, the queation remains, we´ll we need anit-virus, anti-malaware and all that stuff?
By the way I wanna have allways the latest on nano graphic stuff and possible in triple-sli and a hole bunch of multi-core and lots of ram and a lot of os disk space (aparently we´re gonna need a lot of it for our memories).
And for some (not all) people reading this: I was being sarcastic!!!!
Metal Gear Solid 4 is on my mind
i think i can live that much longer
Prey.