Thread: Average Human in the Year 3000 - Some Predictions

united effort my ass humans will never 'learn to live together', never

Nice post right there, Zippy!

Quote: Originally Posted by Shockwave Interesting little tidbit... That is interesting. I think that cancer research will contribute significantly to life extension, for that reason. If we get some kind of real handle on cancer, we may end up with a controlling valve for cell cycles being just a few steps away.

Quote: Originally Posted by PurpleJasmine Youre not thinking of necessities such as farm space for fruits, veggies, and animals which will grow along with the human population. Dont forget about dwindling fresh drinking water. When i said the earth wouldn't support us for much longer I didnt mean our fat asses I meant resources. ^_^ I didn't mean squeezing all of us in that space to stay there. It was just a point of information...

Quote: Originally Posted by Somatic Whisper You seem to be missing something here. When we speak of colonizing other worlds and populating them, we don't mean for the entire human race to leave the Earth. Only part of us get to go there, while the rest simply stay down here on Earth. For example, 25% of the entire population are spread between the Moon and Mars, while the remaining 75% are on Earth. And by the way, 25% of people leaving...

Ape Out.

Bah, I still dont' believe.

Quote: Originally Posted by Autobot Cosmetic surgery may become more commonplace but I really don't see it having any effect on peoples ability to find a mate, or find a mate to reproduce. Also, the notion that beautiful people are more likely to find a mate and pass down their genes is ridiculous. Where I live (Liverpool), there is certainly no shortage of 'aesthetically displeasing' folk who have no trouble breeding like...

Quote: Originally Posted by DeathSeeker There are about 6,800,000,000 billion people. No, that would be 6,800,000,000,000,000,000 people. It's either 6,800,000,000 people, or it's 6.8 billion people. The average human is 1.5 feet by .79 feet standing arms to side. That equals 1.185 square feet. Both numbers need "feet" after them, to get "square feet." Putting those people in a square would give...

Quote: Originally Posted by ajreynol of course. first off, we have one race. secondly, advancements in travel technologies have made the obstacles that kept people apart in various parts of the world no longer exist. In the future, they'll only get better. Teleportation? Might not be more than a couple hundred years off. Maybe not even that much. Then everywhere is local...and the world as we know it changes forever. Explain to me how...