BF2S Forums Is There a Human Walking the Earth Today Who Will to Live to 1,000?

There will be a human cull - you wait.

If people don't die and keep breeding - Shit will get real.

This planet can easily sustain massive human populations, we're just rather ineffecient and wasteful right now. It's not even about downgrading the quality of life either. There doesn't need to be "culls" or wars over the last drops of resources if scientific breakthroughs are achieved to change the current system.

It's not like everyone would get immortal once the technology becomes available, it would be mostly rich people. Lady gaga, guys like Trump, Politicians, all living beyond their expiration date. Though the business for artificial livers will be booming.

Varegg wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

This planet can easily sustain massive human populations, we're just rather ineffecient and wasteful right now. It's not even about downgrading the quality of life either. There doesn't need to be "culls" or wars over the last drops of resources if scientific breakthroughs are achieved to change the current system.

Utopia tbh ... yes we have enough resources to sustain a larger population but that DOES mean downgrading the quality of life for many people and that won't happen without war ...

Not really. There's plenty of examples in history of something rare/expensive becoming a common item because of breakthroughs. That's basically how civilisation/development works. It's pretty safe to say that the average Westerner is more efficient/less wasteful then they were 10-15 years ago yet living a better quality of life.

You need huge breakthroughs like Fusion technology to really propel the world forward but it's not impossible.

Mekstizzle wrote:

Varegg wrote:

Mekstizzle wrote:

This planet can easily sustain massive human populations, we're just rather ineffecient and wasteful right now. It's not even about downgrading the quality of life either. There doesn't need to be "culls" or wars over the last drops of resources if scientific breakthroughs are achieved to change the current system.

Utopia tbh ... yes we have enough resources to sustain a larger population but that DOES mean downgrading the quality of life for many people and that won't happen without war ...

Not really. There's plenty of examples in history of something rare/expensive becoming a common item because of breakthroughs. That's basically how civilisation/development works. It's pretty safe to say that the average Westerner is more efficient/less wasteful then they were 10-15 years ago yet living a better quality of life.

You need huge breakthroughs like Fusion technology to really propel the world forward but it's not impossible.

This is true. Basically the only limiting factor for human population (in certain regions) is our use of oil. No, I'm not talking about pollution, I'm talking about powering the vehicles necessary for crop production, mercantile exchange etc.

Now aside from the pipe dream of fusion, and the utter inefficiency of solar and wind power production, there really is no other realistic replacement. We could pop nuclear plants down all over the globe but the waste is... a problem.

You guys are kind of missing the point though. If people had the ability to live to 1,000 don't you think the people who could afford the treatment would be smart enough to space out their children?

Hmm pipe dream? I don't really know enough about how fusion would have to be conducted in a lab or facility, but don't hydrogen bombs partially operate on fusion?

Going by that, shouldn't it be possible to make it happen in a controlled environment? I suppose energy supply would be the major limiting factor right now.

dayarath wrote:

Hmm pipe dream? I don't really know enough about how fusion would have to be conducted in a lab or facility, but don't hydrogen bombs partially operate on fusion?

Going by that, shouldn't it be possible to make it happen in a controlled environment? I suppose energy supply would be the major limiting factor right now.

Nuclear fusion occurs naturally in all active stars (see astrophysics). Synthetic fusion as a result of human actions has also been achieved, although this has not yet been completely controlled as a source of nuclear power. In the laboratory, successful nuclear physics experiments have been carried out that involve the fusion of many different varieties of nuclei, but the energy output has been negligible in these studies. In fact, the amount of energy put into the process has always exceeded the energy output.

Uncontrolled nuclear fusion has been carried out many times in nuclear weapons testing, which results in a deliberate explosion. These explosions have always used the heavy isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium (H-2) and tritium (H-3), and never the much more common isotope of hydrogen (H-1), sometimes called "protium".

per wiki

dayarath wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

In the laboratory, successful nuclear physics experiments have been carried out that involve the fusion of many different varieties of nuclei, but the energy output has been negligible in these studies. In fact, the amount of energy put into the process has always exceeded the energy output.

Yeah I suppose that's an issue :p.

Although if they managed to achieve more output than input through nukes I trust that it should be possible to generate similar results in a facility, doubt it'd be more safe than a regular nuclear reactor though.

How does one contain a star in a laboratory?

-Sh1fty- wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

-Sh1fty- wrote:

Meh...

I just hope they get damn stem cells so I can finally see 20/20

That's not very religious of you.

If they're going to do it anyway I want my damn eyesight.

Get lasik.

or steal the eyes from a homeless person

JohnG@lt wrote:

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How does one contain a star in a laboratory?

ask doc ock

dayarath wrote:

JohnG@lt wrote:

How does one contain a star in a laboratory?

hmmm... funnel liquid hydrogen through the walls to prevent melting! Like they do with the shuttle rockets

first we need to make a stable star though.....

and then figure out how to absorb its energy

D:

But if you're fusing hydrogen that would be bad.