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Originally posted by spacedoubt
And should we choose a long term 1st destination, or just float?
ShadowXIX
Perhaps if it had a communcation link with people still on earth they could even share information with each other.
Originally posted by Murcielago
finally, some one that said something that at least makes sense. Excellent idea shadow.
Originally posted by Amuk
I think the hardest problem would be gravity, we need some of it to keep our bodies bones and mucles strong. That shouldnt be to hard to work out and a race Millions of years probibly can "control" gravity.
Originally posted by Aelita
In the next few centuries, complete human consciosness will be downloaded to powerful computers, and we'll leave that frail body behind.
Maybe we'll need less resources by then and the travel itself will become unnecessary.
Originally posted by veritas93
Originally posted by Aelita
In the next few centuries, complete human consciosness will be downloaded to powerful computers, and we'll leave that frail body behind.
I'm not sure I see the benefit in such a transference.
Why would we download our consciousness into a piece of man-made hardware when biological life is BY FAR the most sophisticated form of machinery known to man?
I've heard the arguement that future computers would give us the ability to make calculations on a quantum level
Originally posted by veritas93
If consciousness already functions to some degree at faster than light speeds
Originally posted by ShadowXIX
I was just thinking a ship that carried only DNA would have to be only a fraction of the size of a World ship but could have the same result in the end.
Originally posted by veritas93
Originally posted by Murcielago
finally, some one that said something that at least makes sense. Excellent idea shadow.
Well, I haven't seen you make a sensible contribution to this thread yet. All you've done is offer cynicism and negativity thus far, but I'm glad that someone finally got your approval