How long until humanity reaches type 1 civilization?

Ridiculous Tales · October 25, 2015, 01:01:35 PM

Then type 2 and then type 3? I'm not sure when we'll reach type 2 and 3 but I think we'll reach type 1 by the next century, possibly even during the 21st century given how rapidly technology is advancing. What do you think?

Also, wasn't sure if this should've gone in flood or serious so I'll just let the mods decide.

challengerX · October 25, 2015, 01:04:21 PM

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Ridiculous Tales · October 25, 2015, 01:05:06 PM

What is funny?

ΚΑΤΑΝΑΛΩΤΗΣ · October 25, 2015, 01:09:29 PM

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Ridiculous Tales · October 25, 2015, 01:16:56 PM

Quote from: HEAT SEEKING GHOST OF SEX on October 25, 2015, 01:09:29 PM

Halo's not real

No one cares.

Girl of Mystery · October 25, 2015, 01:24:26 PM

Quote from: HEAT SEEKING GHOST OF SEX on October 25, 2015, 01:09:29 PM

Halo's not real

The kardashev scale is though

Doctor Doom · October 25, 2015, 01:26:35 PM

Citrus beat me to it. Halo uses a real scale of technological advancement.

Super Irish · October 25, 2015, 01:37:30 PM

Not too long, I'd say within the next 1-200 years.

We've developed from the use of conventional fossil fuels to alternate, more renewable energy sources such as tidal, solar, wind, geothermal and radioactive elements to produce more longer term fuels. However, large scale commercial fusion reactors are still a prototype rather than a day-to-day energy supply, and most renewable energy solutions are in their infancy (e.g. Wind turbines are only 30% efficient, and renewables as a whole in the UK only amount to ~15% of the energy supply)

For now it's just development and improvement of stuff we currently know, rather than figuring out/discovering a new way to do something such as building a Dyson sphere (Type-II) or to travel across our own galaxy in a relatively short time, let alone harness the energy of all of it (Type-III).

Girl of Mystery · October 25, 2015, 01:54:08 PM

Quote from: Spooky Scary Grunt on October 25, 2015, 01:26:35 PM

Citrus beat me to it. Halo uses a real scale of technological advancement.

But in reverse.

IRL, the higher the number, the more advanced the civilization is.
In Halo, the lower the number, the more advanced the civilization is.

Naru · October 25, 2015, 01:54:09 PM

iirc, humans are on the .7 out of the 3 tiers given on the kardashev scale. and being a type I species would mean we could essentially control earth.. i would say by 2900 we should be good. if we dont get ourselves killed

TB · October 25, 2015, 01:55:35 PM

Quote from: Naru on October 25, 2015, 01:54:09 PM

iirc, humans are on the .7 out of the 3 tiers given on the kardashev scale. and being a type I species would mean we could essentially control earth.. i would say by 2900 we should be good. if we dont get ourselves killed

Earlier than that dude.
I would say by 2200 even.

Naru · October 25, 2015, 01:59:18 PM

Quote from: TBlocks on October 25, 2015, 01:55:35 PM

Quote from: Naru on October 25, 2015, 01:54:09 PM
iirc, humans are on the .7 out of the 3 tiers given on the kardashev scale. and being a type I species would mean we could essentially control earth.. i would say by 2900 we should be good. if we dont get ourselves killed
Earlier than that dude.
I would say by 2200 even.

type I would mean we could harness 100% of earth's energy. im not too optimistic about how humanity will reach the first tier.

Super Irish · October 25, 2015, 03:53:44 PM

Quote from: Naru on October 25, 2015, 01:59:18 PM

Quote from: TBlocks on October 25, 2015, 01:55:35 PM
Quote from: Naru on October 25, 2015, 01:54:09 PM
iirc, humans are on the .7 out of the 3 tiers given on the kardashev scale. and being a type I species would mean we could essentially control earth.. i would say by 2900 we should be good. if we dont get ourselves killed
Earlier than that dude.
I would say by 2200 even.
type I would mean we could harness 100% of earth's energy. im not too optimistic about how humanity will reach the first tier.

Well, we've nearly run out of the "easy" fuels, and we're moving onto the radioactive sciencey stuff and lazy generators (renewables).

How humans and basically everything living goes, if we harnessed 100% of the Earth's energy we would've killed ourselves long ago, i.e. taking so much geothermal energy out of the ground we solidify the Earth's core and majorly fuck up everything.

Doctor Doom · October 25, 2015, 04:46:03 PM

Quote from: Naru on October 25, 2015, 01:54:09 PM

iirc, humans are on the .7 out of the 3 tiers given on the kardashev scale. and being a type I species would mean we could essentially control earth.. i would say by 2900 we should be good. if we dont get ourselves killed

By 2900 we should have colonized our solar system, not just controlled Earth.

If not, humanity's been slacking.