Ray Kurzweil on Boston NPR

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Posted 18 July 2004 - 05:25 AM

He sounds optimistic yet retains credibility. I was impressed. From his new book, Fantastic Voyage: Live Long Enough to Live Forever - he talks of nanotek red blood cells that let you stay under water for 4 hours and white blood cells that kill pathogens in seconds instead of hours.

Includes his excellent handling on the usual imbecilic issues such as overpopulation, etc. Should form the core of the ImmInst FAQ's.

Check it out: Link

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Posted 18 July 2004 - 11:14 AM

Another thread on this.

http://www.imminst.o...ST&f=111&t=3958

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Posted 18 July 2004 - 03:19 PM

Thanks. I missed it.

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Posted 18 July 2004 - 03:19 PM

Every topic covered in Kurzweil's interview has been discussed here already. It was great to hear all of our discussions aired on NPR. How long do you want to live? Why would you want to live forever? What about overpopulation? Too bad we couldn't get a plug (for Imminst).

Interesting that the questions of socialism, religion, and environmentalism were aired again. These movements are always brought up in opposition to immostalism and progress. It doesn't have to be that way, but try telling that to an religious fundamentalist or environmentalist. It is hard to do because they are generally against change.

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Posted 18 July 2004 - 03:30 PM

Wouldn't be a bad idea then if someone could transcribe the material in interview into some sort of FAQ. I personally found his answers to those generic questions very reasonable and palatable for laypeople.

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