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Wait until we can 3D print a C. Elegans. A new kind of matrix printer.
by gargarplex 9y ago
Wait until we can 3D print a C. Elegans. A new kind of matrix printer.
- egeozcan 9y agoMaybe The Great Filter (in the context of the Fermi paradox) is this: People printing their own organisms? (only half-joking)
- sudhirj 9y agoMore likely people uploading themselves into a virtual world, securing the planetary data center and dialating time to feel like everyone lives forever in the manner of their choosing.
- booleandilemma 9y agoThere’s something sad about a civilization closing its eyes and turning inward on itself instead of exploring the vast universe that it has been presented with.
- jonathanyc 9y ago“Conquering the galaxy is what bacteria with spaceships would do—knowing no better, having no choice.” From Diaspora, by Greg Egan :)
- pasquinelli 9y agothe universe may be vast, but it's pretty empty.
- scentoni 9y agoWhat makes you think you can simulate an atom faster than an atom does?
- sethev 9y agoThe theory is you wouldn't need to simulate every atom any more than you do in a video game.
- dsego 9y agoWe're in a simulation.