Will organized religion go the way of the Dodo?
Will there be a one-world government?
Will a faster than light drive be discovered?
Will there be anything green left on the planet?
Will the third on a list be “Remember Opal”?
Will Esprix discover that since gays are accepted, he has nothing left to do except lounge around with Asian boys, telling them about the “good ole days”?
And perhaps the greatest question of all:
Will the SDMB be faster?!
This, of course, is all predicated on the theory that humans still inhabit this orb.
Anything you think might happen; solemn or silly.
Rick
I don’t think people will ever accept a “Jesusburger” wholeheartedly.
Sure, as soon as we start a new colony on Mars.
No, but a 90-Terabyte drive will.
Only if we can blow up the Death Star before it fires. Kid, get set up for your attack run!
I shudder to think of the ramifications…
No, 'cuz he won’t stop until the world is run by gays, and anal sex orgies are forced upon the breeders so often that they begin shitting smoooooooth…
No. Absolutely not. Never. Not in a million, billion, trillion, Spam years.
“Will organized religion go the way of the Dodo?”
By that, if you mean it will be hunted down for food, and its eggs eaten by rats – no. While there is still a species that is our own or very similar, there will be religion. Going out into the stars will reveal far more mysteries than can be unlocked, and there will still be those seeking answers from those who claim they have the knowledge to provide them.
And you’ll never see the end of the Hari Krishnas.
“Will there be a one-world government?”
At some point, the effort will be tried. It may even last a couple of hundred years. But human tribalism runs deep, over the course of our two-four million year evolution. If ‘them’ has more than ‘us’, an’ talks funny – well …
“Will a faster than light drive be discovered?”
Gee, I hope so. Somehow, I think mankind will find a loophole, though. A way to get around ol’ man Einstein’s theory, while still managing not to blow up the whole universe.
“Will there be anything green left on the planet?”
It’ll be a close-run thing. Man will continue to industrialise the heck out of Mother Earth (sorry to say this, but there’ll be lots more where Bush Jr comes from). But then there’ll be a point when industrialisation and space exploration reach a happy medium, and become close buddies along the spacelanes. At that point, Earth will gradually be transformed by one of the other great drives of the species: nostalgia. Earth, in the distant future, will be a backwater monument as the cradle of mankind. And the weeds will flourish …
It’s late. I should go to bed now. Good night.
You know Arthur C. Clarke did write that book. You know that guy that HAL ‘kills’ in 2001. Umm, the last one, the one that Dave tries to bring back into the ship but HAL wont let him? He survives, or rather is revived. And I don’t remember much but aparantly women are absolutely disgusted by circumcision. He’s about to get iton, she sees it, FLIPS OUTS and leaves.
[falsetto]In the year 3000,[/falsetto] every man, woman and child on earth will have their own doomsday device, which they will receive upon birth but, due to poor workamship, when triggered will only lead to 2nd degree burns for all.
I thought Arthur C. Clarke’s “3001” was a piece of crap. The ending is exactly like the ending of “Independence Day” – which either validates “Independence Day” or discredits Clarke.
Still, it seems as if JDT was successful, and the hatred of the dreaded circumcision carried on for at least a thousand years.
A true seer. I always liked that boy, and knew he would get ahead, so to say.