The Star trek universe is completely unrealistic. Look at the technology we have today and the technology we are currently developing.
People are not going to be flying around the glaxay in spaceships. They're not going to be Captain Kirk or Captain Picard or even any other crew member, they're going to be the ship's computer.
The direction of technological progress should make this evident. We're working towards virtualising society and are at least half way through that process. That's the pen-ultimate stage in a larger transition from biological humans to synthetic humans that are capable of living in any environment with adequate shielding and power. The first thing those synths (which will also include AGIs) are going to do is build a Matrioshka brain around the Sun to harvest the solar energy to power themselves.
We'll spread to other stars and build a network of Matrioshka brains which will ultimately connect the entire galaxy.
Further evidence of how unrealistic Star Trek is, Holodecks exist yet people don't live in them.
too much science fiction still mate :)
It about as much science fiction as claiming that homes will become self-sufficient energy wise as people install renewable technologies and batteries.
We've already created synthetic neurons that replicate the functionality of biological ones and can communicate with them. We've already got life support systems that can keep people alive for decades. We've already got neural interfaces that allow people to control technology with their thoughts and send rudimentary communications to other peoples brains and even control their bodies. We've got Elon Musk talking about creating neural laces and creating Neuralink to do so and teaming up Kernel to pursue that goal. We've got Gabe Newell talking about incorporating brain-computer interfaces into VR headsets and we've also got a Russian billionaire who is determined to become a synthetic immortal by 2050. DARPA are also half way through a 4 year project that's going to make neural interfaces 100x more accurate.
Like I said, given our current technologies and the direction of our research, it's quite obvious that were heading for synthetic immortality and we're likely to reach that goal this century.
The only biological humans that will still exist 200 years from now will all be religious fanatics too afraid to step up and become gods themselves.
not nerly a parallelism. you can't just bring up any innovation and claim that if that is done, anything will be done..come on.
In the 1960's we got people speaking about Moon colonies in 20 years. How come it did not happen?
Possibly but we are more or less 300 years away (minimum) . not as close as one might think.
religion is the product of death. once death is conquered religion will perish along with it. same applies to philosophy.
If a species creates the transistor, they're going to create an Internet too if they keep progressing as it's the logical progression of the technology.
Because it was completely impractical and uneconomical to do so. Transitioning to a synthetic species is neither.
If you truly think that, you're going to be utterly gobsmacked by how fast society changes over the next couple of decades. Google this stuff and see what the experts in those fields are saying. It's far closer to being 30 years away than it is 300 years. You think it's 300 years away because you think technology is progressing at a linear rate but it isn't, it's progressing at a exponential rate.
you simply can't know this even if it makes sense logically.
space and immortality are pretty much the same thing. Why explore a deadly void? why live forever? fear of death is a religious concept btw. Q had the right idea.
said every single futurist of every era. You believe too much sci-fi bro.
news are sensational bro. don't be so gullible.
It was. the transistor might have been going on an exponential rate but we kind hit a benchmark now.