In Some Sense, Gravity Does

Our Grandkids Will Lead The Lives Of The Gods Of Mythology. Zeus Could Think And Move Objects Around. We'll Have That Power. Venus Had A Perfect, Timeless Body. We'll Have That, Too. Pegasus Was A Flying Horse. We'll Be Able To Modify Life In The Future.

Language And Emotions Are Too Easily Misread. For Example, Laughing Can Mean Many Things: Laughing With You Or At You. Does That Laugh Reflect Joy, Anger, Or That S/he's About To Fire You? Too Many Jobs Require Complex Feelings, Pattern Recognition, Common Sense, And The Human Touch.

It's Risky To Allow Radiation To Constantly Go Up Into The Atmosphere. The Main Criticism Of This Approach Of Entombing It Is That It Would Cost Too Much, Involve Too Many Resources And People. But Think Of The Cost Of Having All The Crops Impounded By The Government, All The Milk Being Thrown Into The River, People's Livelihoods Destroyed.

The Human Brain Has 100 Billion Neurons, Each Neuron Connected To 10 Thousand Other Neurons. Sitting On Your Shoulders Is The Most Complicated Object In The Known Universe.

One Problem With Politics Is That It Is A Zero Sum Game, I.e. Politicians Argue How To Cut The Pie Smaller And Smaller, By Reshuffling Pieces Of The Pie. I Think This Is Destructive. Instead, We Should Be Creating A Bigger Pie, I.e. Funding The Science That Is The Source Of All Our Prosperity. Science Is Not A Zero Sum Game.