From: Michael M. Butler (mmb@spies.com)
Date: Sun Jan 12 2003 - 05:21:02 MST
So we'd better get off the rock before we have to breathe in shifts...
MMB
avatar wrote:
> *
>
> RUMINATIONS ON IMMORTALITY FROM 1910 TO THE ACHIEVEMENT OF
> SELF-REPLICATING NANOTECHNOLGICAL ASSEMBLERS
>
> *
>
> This thought experiment is based on the premise that in *2010* the
> ability to fix all major medical problems has been achieved (heart
> attack, stroke, cancer and lung problems) and that by *2015* the ability
> to achieve some forms of youthful appearance will have been achieved
> (non-wrinkly skin, no moles, hair regrowth, control of hair colour). It
> is also premised on the notion that once assembler technology is
> achieved (I predict in *2020*, but this date is not* *crucial) it in
> conjunction with the Singularity and advances in computing will allow
> for rapid movement from projected lifespan extension of decades and
> centuries to indefinite extension.
<snip>
> The above ramblings - generated over an afternoon - almost certainly
> contain some statistical errors but remain roughly correct. They do not
> address the issue of augmentation versus uploading which is possible
> some stage (I think sooner) after 2020.
>
> Towards Ascension
> Avatar Polymorph
>
> 34 After Armstrong
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