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Where did the truism "you can't stop the progress of science" come from in the first place? I think we're going to have to reexamine it pretty soon.
by orblivion 7y ago
Where did the truism "you can't stop the progress of science" come from in the first place? I think we're going to have to reexamine it pretty soon.
- qwdqpowdkop 7y agoUnfortunately, the opportunity to reexamine it has already passed. Even without brain-in-jar sci-fi devices, technology is already sufficiently advanced to create artificial nightmares. Consider the case of state-sponsored torture, which now has at its disposal near-perfect surveillance, VR, genetic modification, a litany drugs, remotely controlled robotics, etc. It's a tragedy that scientific progress itself is a control system that is capable of overshooting its target.
- thestartup 7y agoThere is nothing scarier to me than primates discovering ways for a sentient brain to be effectively immortal. There is still time to re-examine the implications of this, as such technology is quite a ways off still.