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**BaselBimbooooo** · 05-02-2012, 02:11 PM

For low values of always.

Well it is 2012 and we are still doing OK I reckon.

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We can be hopeful... not confident, not by a long stretch. Our technological advance has been steady in the past, but for it to continue into the future depends on a lot of things continuing to go right. Climate, politics, economics, disease. Any of them, and plenty more, I'm sure, can cause a major setback to society at any time.
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Well again history has shown that we always overcome these "trials" that beset us.
That's life.
None of it will see humanity stagnate I'm sure.

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Void of a step change in propulsion technology, take it from someone that understands the economics of mining and minerals processing, over the next 100 years there will be no commercial off world extraction of minerals.
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Yes, and we'll never have flying machines either.

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Yeah, but imagination is way more important than expertise
I'll put something smart here.............one day.
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Best of luck!

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I just think that commercial mining in outer space isn't likely to happen.
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Therein lies the problem with some.
Human history has always had those that see there own generation and time, as the epitome of progress.
I bet even some in the old Roman Empire also thought their achievements were state of the art, never to be surpassed.
It appears to be a trait throughout human history, and sometimes even attributed to otherwise great men.
I see it as an ego driven geo-centric malady from the days when we thought the Earth/Sun/MW galaxy was the center of creation.

But we know differently now.

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I believe in intuition and inspiration. … At times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason. When the eclipse of 1919 confirmed my intuition, I was not in the least surprised. In fact I would have been astonished had it turned out otherwise. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.

Albert Einstein:

Science without Imagination is Stagnation:

B.C.

05-02-2012, 02:11 PM	#50
BaselBimbooooo Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 646 Senior Member	For low values of always. Well it is 2012 and we are still doing OK I reckon. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> We can be hopeful... not confident, not by a long stretch. Our technological advance has been steady in the past, but for it to continue into the future depends on a lot of things continuing to go right. Climate, politics, economics, disease. Any of them, and plenty more, I'm sure, can cause a major setback to society at any time. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Well again history has shown that we always overcome these "trials" that beset us. That's life. None of it will see humanity stagnate I'm sure. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Void of a step change in propulsion technology, take it from someone that understands the economics of mining and minerals processing, over the next 100 years there will be no commercial off world extraction of minerals. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Yes, and we'll never have flying machines either. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>> Yeah, but imagination is way more important than expertise I'll put something smart here.............one day. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Best of luck! ) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I just think that commercial mining in outer space isn't likely to happen. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> Therein lies the problem with some. Human history has always had those that see there own generation and time, as the epitome of progress. I bet even some in the old Roman Empire also thought their achievements were state of the art, never to be surpassed. It appears to be a trait throughout human history, and sometimes even attributed to otherwise great men. I see it as an ego driven geo-centric malady from the days when we thought the Earth/Sun/MW galaxy was the center of creation. But we know differently now. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I believe in intuition and inspiration. … At times I feel certain I am right while not knowing the reason. When the eclipse of 1919 confirmed my intuition, I was not in the least surprised. In fact I would have been astonished had it turned out otherwise. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research. Albert Einstein: Science without Imagination is Stagnation: B.C.
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