What is considered the apex of technological advancements

BC · August 12, 2015, 10:31:22 PM

Of all the things we see in sci-fi, what is the one discovery that you think is the thing to bring us to the "pinnacle" of science.

Time travel? Teleportation? Light speed travel?

What's the one technology that is the most advanced we can imagine. If that makes sense.

Verbatim · August 12, 2015, 10:32:38 PM

well, i guess it would be "singularity"

if you're... inclined towards that sort of thing

Dan · August 12, 2015, 10:35:15 PM

Your mom made me apex.

Lord Starch · August 12, 2015, 11:01:41 PM

I would think time travel would the the "apex", however the pinnacle of technology is really a subjective term. But I'm sure most would agree time travel or perhaps inter-dimensional travel (assuming the multiverse theory is true) is the pinnacle.

Dopameme · August 12, 2015, 11:02:22 PM

Quote from: Dan on August 12, 2015, 10:35:15 PM

Your mom made me apex.

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True Turquoise · August 12, 2015, 11:03:17 PM

Gib me robot arms

Turkey · August 12, 2015, 11:04:23 PM

I don't really think we have the foresight to predict that. 200 years ago nobody would even fathom the concept of sending a robot to Mars to send digital photographs back to Earth. Imagine what amazing things humanity will be doing in the 2200s.

Verbatim · August 12, 2015, 11:10:24 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on August 12, 2015, 11:04:23 PM

I don't really think we have the foresight to predict that. 200 years ago nobody would even fathom the concept of sending a robot to Mars to send digital photographs back to Earth. Imagine what amazing things humanity will be doing in the 2200s.

i can guarantee you that none of it will be remotely amazing

unless you consider "triple cheese" and "walking bacon" and "googlemart" to be amazing

FIVE DIMENSIONAL CHEESE
HOLY SHIT

yeah, no

Verbatim · August 12, 2015, 11:12:26 PM

i mean, we're not gonna inhabit mars in 200 years, if that's what you're thinking

and even then, that would be... the worst thing that could possibly happen in our galaxy
it would be the nadir, not the apex

Turkey · August 12, 2015, 11:15:45 PM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 12, 2015, 11:10:24 PM

Quote from: HurtfulTurkey on August 12, 2015, 11:04:23 PM
I don't really think we have the foresight to predict that. 200 years ago nobody would even fathom the concept of sending a robot to Mars to send digital photographs back to Earth. Imagine what amazing things humanity will be doing in the 2200s.
i can guarantee you that none of it will be remotely amazing

unless you consider "triple cheese" and "walking bacon" and "googlemart" to be amazing

FIVE DIMENSIONAL CHEESE
HOLY SHIT

yeah, no

Doctor Doom · August 13, 2015, 02:19:09 AM

Autoblows. Definitely autoblows.

Ásgeirr · August 13, 2015, 05:45:33 AM

I dunno mang

sometimes when i really think about it, computers amaze me

like these things are built from earthly materials and other not so earthly materials

its like how the fuck do you make this shit with inanimate materials

SecondClass · August 13, 2015, 05:54:18 AM

FTL travel, easily. It would actually make intergalactic travel feasible. Something like the Mass Relay from ME would change everything.

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SecondClass · August 13, 2015, 05:59:06 AM

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DAS B00T x2 · August 13, 2015, 06:24:20 AM

Kinky

Alien

Sex

eggsalad · August 13, 2015, 06:26:16 AM

Probably going to be manipulation of elements lower than the subatomic level.

velox · August 13, 2015, 08:03:36 AM

Quote from: Dan on August 12, 2015, 10:35:15 PM

Your mom made me apex.

Jim, get off your alt.

Risay117 · August 13, 2015, 08:19:33 AM

No one knows. I mean we do not know if we can become an advanced civilization to rival our scifi imaginations, or could we become gods.

The last part of this video kind of explains it (although most of it is about a different topic). We have no clue how far we can reach into the tech tree.

YouTube

Mr. Psychologist · August 13, 2015, 08:37:39 AM

Quote from: oss on August 13, 2015, 05:45:33 AM

I dunno mang

sometimes when i really think about it, computers amaze me

like these things are built from earthly materials and other not so earthly materials

its like how the fuck do you make this shit with inanimate materials

Because the omnissiah gives them life <_<

JOHN CENA · August 13, 2015, 08:45:46 AM

Finally figuring out what the universe is and how to create life is what I would consider the apex.

Verbatim · August 13, 2015, 08:46:50 AM

Quote from: Actual Cannibal John Cena on August 13, 2015, 08:45:46 AM

Finally figuring out what the universe is and how to create life is what I would consider the apex.

hey nice senior photo, you seem like a nice kid :^)

JOHN CENA · August 13, 2015, 08:50:11 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 13, 2015, 08:46:50 AM

Quote from: Actual Cannibal John Cena on August 13, 2015, 08:45:46 AM
Finally figuring out what the universe is and how to create life is what I would consider the apex.
hey nice senior photo, you seem like a nice kid :^)

Thank you! I would like to consider myself a nice kid. I create levels for Doom and distribute them for free, after all.

A salt rifle · August 13, 2015, 10:41:35 AM

When we can look at our own backs without using multiple mirrors or having another person record ourselves.

Sandtrap · August 13, 2015, 11:03:18 AM

I'd wager it would be cybernetics. And I'm not talking just prosthetics. I mean the whole full blown deal. Every part in your body being substituted with something mechanical.

Alongside cybernetics in parralell, is genes and natural physiology.

Basically, what I'm saying here, is that if we find a way to manipulate our bodies completely, whether it be organically, or inorganically, then we become the masters of ourselves. We understand how we function in every aspect right down to how all of our brains work.

If we can do that, then nothing is off limits to us.

Verbatim · August 13, 2015, 11:05:00 AM

Quote from: ⁭⁭⁭⁭ on August 13, 2015, 11:03:18 AM

I'd wager it would be cybernetics. And I'm not talking just prosthetics. I mean the whole full blown deal. Every part in your body being substituted with something mechanical.

that sounds like hell to me

i mean, being a sack of meat is no picnic, but i'll never understand this forum's fascination with transhumanistic endeavors

you'd have to make the perfect machine

JOHN CENA · August 13, 2015, 11:05:25 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 12, 2015, 10:32:38 PM

well, i guess it would be "singularity"

if you're... inclined towards that sort of thing

Seriously? Nobody got the joke?

Sandtrap · August 13, 2015, 11:29:26 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 13, 2015, 11:05:00 AM

Quote from: ⁭⁭⁭⁭ on August 13, 2015, 11:03:18 AM
I'd wager it would be cybernetics. And I'm not talking just prosthetics. I mean the whole full blown deal. Every part in your body being substituted with something mechanical.
that sounds like hell to me

i mean, being a sack of meat is no picnic, but i'll never understand this forum's fascination with transhumanistic endeavors

you'd have to make the perfect machine

That's also why I tossed in organic modification too, like genes and such. We could still be sacks of meat.

But genetically enchanced sacks of meat. Honestly, to me, I think the organic route comes first. If you can understand the base first, then you can do the heavy modifications.

Think about it Verb. Say you genetically modify somebody up a bit. Turn off their pain receptors. Fiddle around with stuff that makes people feel like shit. Rewire all the stuff that can make a person feel like shit, make a person act like shit, and reverse it.

I don't see why there isn't any feasible reason because there's critters and lifeforms out there that don't feel pain. I figure, the more we understand about ourselves, and other biology, the more chance we have of making ourselves better than we are now.

JOHN CENA · August 13, 2015, 12:21:42 PM

Quote from: ⁭⁭⁭⁭ on August 13, 2015, 11:29:26 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on August 13, 2015, 11:05:00 AM
Quote from: ⁭⁭⁭⁭ on August 13, 2015, 11:03:18 AM
I'd wager it would be cybernetics. And I'm not talking just prosthetics. I mean the whole full blown deal. Every part in your body being substituted with something mechanical.
that sounds like hell to me

i mean, being a sack of meat is no picnic, but i'll never understand this forum's fascination with transhumanistic endeavors

you'd have to make the perfect machine

That's also why I tossed in organic modification too, like genes and such. We could still be sacks of meat.

But genetically enchanced sacks of meat. Honestly, to me, I think the organic route comes first. If you can understand the base first, then you can do the heavy modifications.

Think about it Verb. Say you genetically modify somebody up a bit. Turn off their pain receptors. Fiddle around with stuff that makes people feel like shit. Rewire all the stuff that can make a person feel like shit, make a person act like shit, and reverse it.

I don't see why there isn't any feasible reason because there's critters and lifeforms out there that don't feel pain. I figure, the more we understand about ourselves, and other biology, the more chance we have of making ourselves better than we are now.

Pain is kind of important, though, it is a warning from our body that something is banjaxed.