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cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@Carissimi was told by someone who was a scientist 10 years ago that 100 years worth of technology has been suppressed and withheld from the people of this world. Imagine what kind of world we could have with the benefits of these technologies. I think it would blow our minds to know all of them. Everything from transportation, cheap way of getting off-grid electricity from the air, inexpensive medical cures etc.
Carissimi · F
I believe it. What concerns me are these “Deep Fake” videos that can make anyone look like they are dong anything. This makes me think about reality. What if there is technology now, or in the future, that can project these deep fakes as a hologram. We would witness a scene before us (maybe not too close) that would look real to our eyes, yet be nothing but a deep fake projection. Sounds like science fiction, but so did smart phones, 50-years ago. @cherokeepatti
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@Carissimi It will not do much, at least in the foreseeable future, to alleviate the climate crisis. Here is an explanation of one of the reasons, among many, from the site freethink.com (Referring to potential large-scale processes using these bacteria)
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They cost too much. These processes can be expensive. Further, most solutions simply break down plastic to its original monomers, which are really only useful for creating more plastic.
This has two problems: one, it doesn’t reduce the amount of plastic in the world, and two, making new plastic is already really cheap. Creating a costly factory, shipping tons of waste to it, and having bacteria slowly churn out ingredients that are worth virtually nothing — and still aren’t biodegradable — isn’t a great business model or arguably even an efficient use of taxpayer funds.
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They cost too much. These processes can be expensive. Further, most solutions simply break down plastic to its original monomers, which are really only useful for creating more plastic.
This has two problems: one, it doesn’t reduce the amount of plastic in the world, and two, making new plastic is already really cheap. Creating a costly factory, shipping tons of waste to it, and having bacteria slowly churn out ingredients that are worth virtually nothing — and still aren’t biodegradable — isn’t a great business model or arguably even an efficient use of taxpayer funds.