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Think of technology that we can't imagine. Just as we can't imagine a harmonious society, so we can't imagine the technology that would arise from such a socie
by Towaway69 3y ago
Think of technology that we can't imagine.
Just as we can't imagine a harmonious society, so we can't imagine the technology that would arise from such a society.
It's a recursive argument, I know, but that's the core of the problem.
- yreg 3y agoI'm sorry, but this seems like handwaving. I don't see why we couldn't imagine the technology? Perhaps we are using technology in different context. I mean understanding of physics + a machine (made out of matter) built thanks to that understanding. Do you perhaps mean something else?
- Towaway69 3y agoNot wanting to handwave, I was suggesting that I don't know what this technology might be. Sure we can have ideas and possible approaches but just as many scifi authors thought that we would be flying around instead of driving by now, it doesn't have to be the right idea. My favourite idea is to consider the planet our spaceship and ensuring our existence into the future the technology that we need. It does seem to be the hardest problem to solve currently.