From: whisper@ozemail.com.au   
      
   On 13/02/2026 10:02 am, Nick Charles wrote:   
   >   
   > 100 years ago:  The Fantasy Of Going To The Moon!   
   >   
   > 200 years ago:  The Fantasy Of Flying!    The Fantasy Of Wireless   
   > Communication!   The Fantasy Of Traveling Faster Than A Mile Per Minute   
   > (60 MPH)!   
   >   
   > 500 years ago:  The Fantasy That The Earth Is Not The Center Of The   
   > Universe!   
   >   
   > 1000 years ago:  The Fantasy Of Sailing Around The Earth!   
   >   
   > And so on.   
   >   
      
      
   All a big yawn and pedestrian as it doesn't include humans leaving the   
   earth and living on another planet.  That will never happen.  The best   
   we can hope for is a temporary base on the moon to accomodate short   
   stays.  We are tethered to earth and that will never change, no matter   
   how creative our sci fi writers become.   
      
      
      
   > The only Fantasy here is people like you who presume to Know All The   
   > Answers.   "This will never happen because I say so!"   
   >   
      
      
   Not because "I say so', but because I have a functioning brain that   
   discerns sci fi from reality.   
      
      
   > It turns out that "never" is a very long time.  One era's fantasy is a   
   > later era's reality.   In 1965 (1) a computer could not fit into a 2 car   
   > garage and (2) cost a million dollars in 1965 money and (3) was horribly   
   > noisy from all of the fans and air conditioning running in the room.   
   >   
   > Thus, no one in 1965 foresaw everyone having a battery powered,   
   > wirelessly networked, cool, quiet and inexpensive computer in their   
   > pocket.  Because it was physically impossible!   
   >   
   > But here we are.  BTW, the phone in my pocket is 10,000 times more   
   > powerful than a 1965 mainframe.   
   >   
   > The more we learn, the more we are capable of doing.  Don't fall into   
   > the "We already know all there is to know" trap.   
      
      
   I doubt we know 1% of what's out there - brain isn't built to comprehend   
   it.   
      
   Humans will never colonize another planet within our solar system, and   
   certainly will never reach another star system.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)