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TED Talks: Is This Our Final Century?

Sir Martin Rees talks about our planets future from a cosmic perspective and the dark consequences of scientific development

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Darkslide : LVL 19: VP 2.8: said:

Darkslide

16 votes NegativePositive

71 days 16 hours ago...

One of my personal favorites, hope its not a repost. Imo Sir Martin Rees is one of the greatest minds in our world.
Hope you enjoy it =)

Pharsical : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

Pharsical

23 votes NegativePositive

71 days 8 hours ago...

Heady stuff. After all the apocalyptic speculation about Earth`s future, it`s refreshing to hear a different perspective. I`m glad to know that the most respected scientists question the good in pursuing every possible discovery. I didn`t know that scientists have been questioning things like, "which doors to leave shut," and the consequences of discoveries since the end of Einstein`s life. That`s a relief b/c Hollywood makes me believe that all great scientists are consumed with being the first to make a discovery and gain peer recognition to the point of having no consideration of the application of those discoveries by commercial forces.

String theory - I always think of Jet Li`s "The One." Are there any other storylines that bastardize or otherwise toy with string theory in motion pictures? I think it`s neat.

*sigh* Well, I live in the South, so I`m required by law to write this now: "WITCH! He`s a WITCH! BURN HIM!"

rawrimadinosaur : LVL 37: VP 4.5: said:

rawrimadinosaur

18 votes NegativePositive

64 days 17 hours ago...

i hope the aliens come here, pew pew.

lawngnome : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

lawngnome

22 votes NegativePositive

64 days 15 hours ago...

Damn it, i want to be smart

Metalobserver : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Metalobserver

6 votes NegativePositive

64 days 14 hours ago...

I had to look up a word in the dictionary like every 15 seconds. muwafuwa uses to many big words.

tony : LVL 40: VP 4.8: said:

tony

7 votes NegativePositive

64 days 11 hours ago...

That was an inspiring demonstartion. Makes me want to leave the planet more and more.
*buys space suit*

SOLSTAR : LVL 31: VP 4: said:

SOLSTAR

3 votes NegativePositive

64 days 10 hours ago...

This is by far my favorite TED talk this man is great. His diagram on the expanding universe and the way galaxies are moving together blew my mind. The first time I watched it I was stoned so naturally I was shaken to my very moral roots. But to really gain a solid understanding of his message I watched several more times (sober). Most of his arguments I had some notion of already and I believe in those principals, but his theory of the link between the very large and the very small is a new one for me. May humanity forever evolve.

w4rrior : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

w4rrior

9 votes NegativePositive

64 days 10 hours ago...

Every time I look upon the stars at night I wish I could just fly up and explore. And every time I listen to a TED talk or something else that explains a wild and interesting theory it just wants me to do it even more. Dammit, I hate being stuck down here.

smooth_stalin : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

smooth_stalin

5 votes NegativePositive

64 days 9 hours ago...

I still think man will become one with machine. Then one day take the full step, and no longer be organic. It`s a fear I have when I think of what may come of us. Maybe I just watched too much animation from Japan. Let`s hope so. Keep the TED coming!

kturt133 : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

kturt133

-1 votes NegativePositive

64 days 9 hours ago...

Pharsical, unless I`m mistaken, I`m pretty sure that most witch trials were in the northeast, not the south.

Razer167 : LVL 33: VP 4.2: said:

Razer167

4 votes NegativePositive

63 days 22 hours ago...

^^
Yeah but that was back then and hes talking about the present.

Pharsical : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Pharsical

1 votes NegativePositive

63 days 20 hours ago...

^ This guy understands me. And while we`re at it, there is no law requiring the violent suppression of science in the South (not yet, anyways). So feel free to obliterate me on that salient point, where you`d at least have a historical argument to nitpick.

"Pharsical, unless I`m mistaken, I`m pretty sure that most witch trials were in the northeast, not the south."

If I was referencing the American witch trials I would have had to shout, "Bring him to trial, and acquit, imprison, or hang!" Which isn`t nearly as dramatic as referencing Europe`s witch hunts of yore. We didn`t burn our witches here in the states (as a rule of thumb).

Red Heaven : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

Red Heaven

2 votes NegativePositive

63 days 19 hours ago...

^Plus men were warlocks, not witches. :P

Anywho, good talk. I`m sure the biosphere will stabilize, but I dunno if it`ll happen before or after our population is drastically changed.

SatanSteve666 : LVL 22: VP 3.1: said:

SatanSteve666

4 votes NegativePositive

63 days 19 hours ago...

"Every Military technological advancement is another step away from Honour."

--Colonel David Hackworth

Im with what smooth stalin said.

What a Brave New World we live in today...

Darkslide : LVL 20: VP 2.9: said:

Darkslide

3 votes NegativePositive

63 days 15 hours ago...

Nice to see that Im not alone with the feeling of beeing stuck here, I want to go to space at least once in my lifetime. But who knows maybe in a few decades it will be affordable.

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