Hi Chuck! <Nanotech is just the implementation of another layer of our understanding of the universe. I think we still have a long ways to go before we actually have a firm grasp on the true nature of reality.> Hi Chuck, thanks for replying to my post; I have been too busy lately but finally I can reply to your post and also to other members of “Mind Eye”. So, you say that we have a long way to go before we grasp on the true nature of reality, I guess you are right on that one, but then we the people of this earth are always doubtful about many things; I suppose with this nanotech study one day we will be able to explain many more things. Now let me go back to the possibilities that there are other planets which could be able to sustain life just like our earth, as this is the main thread in these discussions here. Now let me say my own views or understanding of the existence of life in the universe, I have reasons to believe that there are indeed extra terrestrial beings, because I have had a personal encounter with such existence. I know that now you are thinking that I may well be a nutcase, but I don’t care what you think about this encounter that I am talking about, because for me this encounter really took place, and if it did not it might have been just a vision, or perhaps a realistic dream that I believe it is real. But then I have to say that it could not be a dream, because in a dream things are usually strange and change from one thing to another, but in this encounter everything was just the usual way, so it could not be a dream, and now I would like to tell you part of this dream. AND THEN ONE DAY! And then one day I had a real surprise, because my prayer above was really answered: Incredible as it may seem this event really took place and even surprised me, because while I was going to the local shops one very late afternoon just before sunset, I saw three persons that I had never seen before on the footpath which I was walking on, they were fully dressed in simple tidy everyday clothes even though it was summer, and in summer most men here ware shorts, while women ware flimsy clothes to keep cool. Looking back at this event it seems to me that these three persons were waiting for me to pass near them; and as I was approaching them two of them a man and a woman started walking towards me leaving the other man alone, so that I had to walk between them to keep going to this shop, they had to be from heaven, because what the man left alone on my left said to me no human being on earth could ever have known at that time. GREETINGS TO THE AUTHOR OF RECONCILIATION OF THE UNIVERSE! One of these angels said to me with a courteous jest. But I was terrified from this sudden happening and moved away from them in fear. About this supernatural happening I will describe to you later on, in a more detailed way, in a special place within these writings, where it would be easier to understand why this happened to me, since in that position it will make more sense to the readers. For now I want only to say that this apparition is what really pushes me to continue to write these religious writings, since this is for me the proof of the existence of a higher intelligence in the whole universe and the proof that we are not alone. Believe it or not this has happened to me, and if you are interested to read more about it here is a link to my religious writings; https://sites.google.com/site/prayersofreconciliation/ You need to go to the bottom of the page and click on the links therein to read what I have already published on the Internet. My regards Menfranco
On May 30, 10:36 am, Chuck Bowling <[email protected]> wrote: > Nanotech is just the implementation of another layer of our understanding of > the universe. I think we still have a long ways to go before we actually > have a firm grasp on the true nature of reality. > > > > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 8:57 PM, Menfranco Laws <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi everybody! > > Well said Ash, where is Pat indeed when we need him to say God's > > things, because for me when you are talking about nanotech makes me > > thing about God and ask myself this question; Is this nanotech the > > link between us and God? Perhaps once we have learned enough about > > this nanotech we be able to understand how God works? Who knows? it is > > just a thought. > > > On May 24, 9:48 am, Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Where's Pat when we need him? > > > > On 5/23/2011 8:08 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > I'm fairly certian this site is not umm being honest. As far as I > > > > know we simply have not yet managed to do this. > > > > > One of the biggest problems in quantum compting is that old quantum > > > > chestnut of simply by looking we influence the result. > > > > > With Quantum bit (Qbit) computing, the idea is to make use of the > > > > verious quantum states of a moclucule, so that a Qbit can hold > > > > possibly 4 (all to do with spin) pieces of data at the same time. The > > > > problem comes in retriving this data and ensuring that by 'reading' > > > > the data it remains unchanged. > > > > > On May 20, 10:17 pm, gabbydott<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Thanks for providing me with the right key words. And this is the > > stuff I > > > >> meant:http://www.dwavesys.com/en/products-services.html > > > > >> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 7:30 PM, Chuck Bowling< > > > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> Nanotechnology is used in a lot of places but it's still far from > > reaching > > > >>> its full potential. Right now most nanotech is just new applications > > of > > > >>> materials science. Potentially nanotech could be used to create > > robots > > > >>> smaller than a single human cell or for that matter to create new > > life. > > > >>> As to quantum physics, it provides insight into microelectronics. But > > the > > > >>> hope is that one day we will be able to create computers based on > > quantum > > > >>> spin. That still hasn't happened yet. > > > >>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 9:58 AM, gabbydott<[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >>>> What? I thought nanotech was already in use in the cosmetics > > industry and > > > >>>> quantatech (is that how you call it?) in the computer industry. > > > >>>> On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 1:38 PM, Chuck Bowling< > > > >>>> [email protected]> wrote: > > > >>>>> I'm in agreement about the radical changes that nanotech appear to > > > >>>>> promise. Changes that could spell doom or a complete redefinition > > of what it > > > >>>>> is to be human. It's about the only thing that makes me want to > > live longer > > > >>>>> than my allotted time. Just so that I can see what miracles come > > next. > > > >>>>> On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 9:40 PM, Ash<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>>>>> Yeah, I was fear mongering Chuck, a political device. ;-) This > > is a > > > >>>>>> favorite topic of mine, it is at the axis of many fields. To > > accelerate > > > >>>>>> nanotech development I think we should implement rapid > > prototyping, > > > >>>>>> experimentation and analysis systems. When I envision man at the > > beginning > > > >>>>>> of this revolution I look for tools that would allow an explosion > > > >>>>>> (figuratively) of development, being able to catalog and operate a > > multitude > > > >>>>>> of experiments in parallel, while building a massive library of > > modeled > > > >>>>>> behavior for materials and systems interoperating in the real > > world to > > > >>>>>> improve the robustness and diversity of this technology is > > apparently the > > > >>>>>> way to go. To think that the behavior of biological systems can be > > > >>>>>> abstracted and used to formulate dynamic systems guided by expert > > algorithms > > > >>>>>> to solve material challenges in real time guided by people over > > vast > > > >>>>>> distances, it goes beyond genetics, I am in awe at the potential > > universe we > > > >>>>>> are venturing toward. We will also be able to make changes to > > ourselves and > > > >>>>>> our experience of this world at a similar rate.. > > > >>>>>> On 5/19/2011 1:41 AM, Chuck Bowling wrote: > > > >>>>>> I think that with nanotechnology we will be able to synthesize > > pretty > > > >>>>>> much anything we want from raw materials in the future. Assuming > > that any > > > >>>>>> alien race capable of traveling the trillions of miles to get here > > would > > > >>>>>> have at least the same level of technology my guess is that they > > wouldn't > > > >>>>>> need anything we'd have to offer. > > > >>>>>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Ash<[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>>>>>> There is another good reason to develop our technologies as a > > species, > > > >>>>>>> think how we are looking at the planets and celestial bodies as > > vast > > > >>>>>>> resources. Imagine if something else came through and strip mined > > the > > > >>>>>>> resources we would need to develop into a spacefaring species, > > that would > > > >>>>>>> suck big time. Like a tribe of humans moving through and picking > > all the > > > >>>>>>> nuts we squirrels need, or worse, deciding we were in the way of > > those > > > >>>>>>> resources, think what we have done in those situations.. I know > > it's > > > >>>>>>> unlikely considering the vast resources out there, but something > > might have > > > >>>>>>> it's eye on our pale blue dot too, working faster than us at > > making the > > > >>>>>>> leap. > > > >>>>>>> On 5/18/2011 8:37 PM, Chuck Bowling wrote: > > > >>>>>>> I think right now the technology will only allow us to tell if a > > planet > > > >>>>>>> is rocky or a gas giant. And even then only if it is a relatively > > massive > > > >>>>>>> planet. The last time I read anything on the subject the smallest > > planet > > > >>>>>>> found was something like 3 times the size of the Earth. > > > >>>>>>> IMO, the analogy with Columbus doesn't hold. 17th century > > technology > > > >>>>>>> allowed humans to travel anywhere on the Earth - albeit slow and > > wrought > > > >>>>>>> with hazard. If the analogy is that a neighboring star is like a > > new > > > >>>>>>> continent then we are more like cavemen discovering that a log > > can float. At > > > >>>>>>> the rate we're going it might be a thousand years before we can > > actually > > > >>>>>>> mount an expedition to another star. > > > >>>>>>> I think the primary reason we are so far from actually exploring > > other > > > >>>>>>> stars is mainly political rather than technological. But, I think > > you are > > > >>>>>>> right. It is a project worth attaching too. Now if we could just > > make the > > > >>>>>>> damn politicians see it that way... ;) > > > >>>>>>> On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 4:58 PM, archytas<[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > >>>>>>>> I'm not sure how accurate they can be in revealing planets > > enough like > > > >>>>>>>> ours to offer possibilities of a new promised land. They claim > > there > > > >>>>>>>> is one 20 light years away, or 300,000 years at current space > > travel > > > >>>>>>>> speeds. One can feel that this at least puts us somewhere near > > the > > > >>>>>>>> position of 'Columbus'. Our current 'tin-foil' technology won't > > do, > > > >>>>>>>> but at this kind of distance we are talking about something > > other than > > > >>>>>>>> worm-holes, 'relativity flight' or the kind of physics in which > > > >>>>>>>> distance is an illusion. > > > >>>>>>>> For someone like me who can't take god-stories seriously and > > quite > > > >>>>>>>> likes the idea of a human future (or at least the idea of > > evolution > > > >>>>>>>> not just ending through catastrophe), there is an opportunity to > > > >>>>>>>> believe in something distant in time and a need for us to direct > > > >>>>>>>> ourselves towards it. A time, perhaps in which a form of > > conscious > > > >>>>>>>> life can live very differently from now, and a project worth > > attaching > > > >>>>>>>> to - perhaps a reason for spirituality. 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