{"id":367,"date":"2010-06-04T00:28:51","date_gmt":"2010-06-04T07:28:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/?p=367"},"modified":"2010-06-04T00:34:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-04T07:34:59","slug":"12-events-that-would-change-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/reinhardkargl.com\/iBlog\/2010\/06\/04\/12-events-that-would-change-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"12 Events That Would Change Everything"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someone at\u00a0Scientific American<\/a> had a magnificent idea: come up with a list of 12 plausible events with the biggest potential to shake up our world.<\/p>\n

It is not difficult to identify such monumental events in the past, but harder than it seems when we try to gauge the relative importance (and likelihood) of things to come.<\/p>\n

Here is what Scientific American came up with for an interactive web-only special:<\/p>\n

1. Polar meltdown
\n2. The proof for additional dimensions
\n3. Proof for extraterrestrial life
\n4. An exchange of nuclear strikes
\n5. The creation of fully synthetic life
\n6. Superconducitvity at room temperature
\n7. \u00a0Machines demonstrating self-awareness
\n8. Cloning of a human
\n9. A really large earthquake along the Pacific Rim
\n10. Usable fusion reactors
\n11. A collision with a large asteroid
\n12. A deadly pandemic<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A great list! Except, I don’t think human cloning is a big deal. We already have nature’s way of producing genetically identical humans (identical twins). So perhaps I would replace No. 8 with any of the following:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Ability to switch off the biological aging mechanism
\n\u2022 Construction of a bionic uterus; extra-corporal gestation
\n\u2022 A working theory uniting Relativity & Quantum Mechanics
\n\u2022 Drugs which significantly decrease the need for sleep
\n\u2022 Fully reversible vasectomies and tubal ligations
\n\u2022 Ability to grow organs and tissues from stem cells
\n\u2022 Solid evidence for \/ against the life of Jesus Christ
\n\u2022 Technical applications for Quantum Entanglement<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Now that I think about it, I’d like to expand the entire list! Food for thought? What would you<\/em> add or remove?<\/p>\n

For more in-depth information on the items on Scientific American’s list, please follow the link below. I seriously doubt that it will run equally well on all systems and browsers, but it is well worth the try.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article.cfm?id=interactive-12-events<\/a><\/p>\n

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