Re:In the 17th Century, Leibniz Dreamed of a Machine That Co...
by martythemaniak on Tuesday November 05, 2019 @07:57AM
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There's a great line by the character of Nicola Tesla in The Prestige. "Man's reach exceeds his grasp, and his grasp exceeds his nerve"
People like Leibniz, Babbage and others could imagine and reason about computers, though it was impossible for to even guess at the consequences of them. But things have not changed. Today we can similarly forsee things far beyond our lives, planetary colonization, star travel, uploading brains, etc. But though we can see them, it is similarly impossible to forsee the consequences of these developments. Which is great. The future would be a very boring place otherwise.
People like Leibniz, Babbage and others could imagine and reason about computers, though it was impossible for to even guess at the consequences of them. But things have not changed. Today we can similarly forsee things far beyond our lives, planetary colonization, star travel, uploading brains, etc. But though we can see them, it is similarly impossible to forsee the consequences of these developments. Which is great. The future would be a very boring place otherwise.