Slip - Of course. Once we control the weather (which is probably a few decades off) all land will be productive. I also expect a movement from a carnavore diet to a vegetarian diet. So the earth probably can support ten times the people it now has. Jim
On Aug 6, 1:54 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Ret. Jim > Would the earth be able to sustain that many people when we can't seem > to support what we have now, considering the availability of life > sustaining resources? > > On Aug 6, 3:01 pm, retiredjim34 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Many of the recent threads - evolution, non-medical healing, are we in > > control, Feynman's mysteries, etc. - seem to dance around on the > > wavecrest of scientific discoveries. It strikes me that, given the > > major scientific advances in recent decades and the increasing speed > > of scientific progress, in the foreseeable future - 100 years maybe - > > humans may be able to elect to live without aging. We might well be > > able to maintain our bodies at age 30 or 40 or whatever as long as we > > like. In other words, we might be able to choose to live forever. > > If we accept that as a possibility, I wonder what sort of > > philosophical issues it raises. How might our view of life and death > > be changed, if at all? How would our economies adapt? Would people > > still marry for life? Would it change communities? Would our > > objectives - happy life, great wealth, friendships, learning, travel > > etc. - change, and if so how? And how would we settle such issues? > > Anyone care to pursue this thread? Jim- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
