Monthly Archives: October 2019

Aside from climate change, what have you worried about the future of humanity and the planet?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ted Howard NZ

Aside from climate change, what have you worried about the future of humanity and the planet?   I’m not worried about the planet, but the future of the life forms living on it has consumed much of my attention over … Continue reading →

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Quora – Scientists cure aging. How does your life change?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – Scientists cure aging. How does your life change? Not much. I have known since 1974 that biological life extension was possible, but not how to do it. The big question that has occupied my mind for most of … Continue reading →

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Quora – You wake up immortal and with $1,000. What’s your plan to be a billionaire?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – You wake up immortal and with $1,000. What’s your plan to be a billionaire? Do everything I can to disinvent the concept of money, and get automated technology to the point that it can meet the reasonable needs … Continue reading →

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Quora – response to Paul Lucas’s answer to When is science not science, and relatedly, is science ever settled or should we always continue to challenge current understanding? Can you give examples?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – response to Paul Lucas’s answer to When is science not science, and relatedly, is science ever settled or should we always continue to challenge current understanding? Can you give examples? While I agree with the general thrust of … Continue reading →

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Quora – Can any belief be guaranteed as true when, as history has shown us, in the future, we may find that everything we believe currently is false?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – Can any belief be guaranteed as true when, as history has shown us, in the future, we may find that everything we believe currently is false? Only one (the thing that Descartes got right) – “Cogito ergo sum”, … Continue reading →

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Quora – What technologies are being developed that will allow humans to live with climate change? Not technology developed to prevent climate change from reaching a “doom” point, but rather that will allow the human race to survive it.

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – What technologies are being developed that will allow humans to live with climate change? Not technology developed to prevent climate change from reaching a “doom” point, but rather that will allow the human race to survive it. The … Continue reading →

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Quora – Is super-intelligence impossible?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – Is super-intelligence impossible? What do you mean by super intelligence? Better than human level? Yes – certainly, and we are not there yet, and not as far away as many would like to think. Intelligent enough to answer … Continue reading →

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Quora – What is the biggest risk for humanity at the moment?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – What is the biggest risk for humanity at the moment? Using markets to measure value. When most things were genuinely scarce, then one could make a reasonable case that “value in exchange” (what markets measure) was a reasonable … Continue reading →

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Quora – What is the biggest risk for humanity at the moment?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – What is the biggest risk for humanity at the moment? Response to Bill Blais – potable water This is just nonsense. Do the numbers. If we got all the drinking water for every person on the planet from … Continue reading →

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Quora – Are we currently able to make quantitative predictions about the future based on the theory of evolution?

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Ted Howard NZ

Quora – Are we currently able to make quantitative predictions about the future based on the theory of evolution? Depends what you mean. If you mean hard numbers about exactly what the future will look like, then the answer is … Continue reading →

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