"They really believed that?" What people 100 years from now will say about us...

JohnT · May 21, 2003, 22:37

100 years from now people will be amazed that we...

... were so dependent on the petroleum-based internal combustion engine.

... believed that many mental disorders could be cured by merely talking about them.

... worried about Microsoft.

Please continue...

St Leo · May 21, 2003, 23:00

...believed in gods, ghosts, and flying saucers.

Oerdin · May 21, 2003, 23:02

... didn't recognize Oerdin's obvious superiority.

... they actually believed in that commie nonsense.

... weren't allowed to clone super models to keep as personal sex toys.

loinburger · May 21, 2003, 23:03

... didn't recycle our body waste.

... had only two thumbs each.

... ate tofu (which will be proven to cause lead poisoning sometime between 2042 and 2045).

Oerdin · May 21, 2003, 23:06

... those idiots didn't embrace bio-engineered crops.

... Bush II set back the cure for so many illnesses by banning theropudic cloning.

Boris Godunov · May 21, 2003, 23:07

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Originally posted by Oerdin
... those idiots didn't embrace bio-engineered crops.

Ooooh, that one will be a biggie, you bet!

St Leo · May 21, 2003, 23:08

...were afraid of nuclear power, cloning, and genetic engineering.
...didn't invest in a decent space program.
...let 32 million Bangladeshi drown (oops, that hasn't happenned yet).

Oerdin · May 21, 2003, 23:11

Quote:

Originally posted by Boris Godunov
Ooooh, that one will be a biggie, you bet!

It will be Boris. 100 years from now it will be as common and as accepted as Mendel's hybreeds are today. The benifits will be so great and the population grow will put us in such need that it is a question of when and not if.

loinburger · May 21, 2003, 23:12

... used the same primitive device as both a vomitorium and a poopatorium.

... thought that it was not desirable to have a steel plate in your head (though they'll be using tungsten by then).

Oerdin · May 21, 2003, 23:13

... They actually believed in that global warming scare mongering.

... they didn't see the obvious signs of growing communist Chinese expansionism.

... that Muslims could have allowed fundamentalists to so demean the whole religion.

Edan · May 21, 2003, 23:14

... were so obsessed in that internet fad.
... thought Civ 2 was the best Civ ever, when it was clearly Civ 16.
... thought the millenium ended at the end of '99 and not '00.
.. thought sliced bread was one of the worlds best inventions.
...thought survivor would be a short term fad (next season, Survivor Mars!)
... thought fast food was, well, fast.
... thought our feline overlords were cute pets.

ranskaldan · May 22, 2003, 00:25

... distinguished between "religion" and "cult".

... spent ridiculous amounts of time and energy in dividing people into arbitrary categories.

... believed in "patriotism" as a part of morality.

... obsessed with finding enemies to point fingers at / make movies about.

Okay. Make that 1000 years.

Lord Merciless · May 22, 2003, 00:30

Quote:

Originally posted by ranskaldan

... obsessed with finding enemies to point fingers at / make movies about.

Okay. Make that 1000 years.

It doesn't matter whether it's 100, 1000, or 10,000 years. We'll always be like that.

Urban Ranger · May 22, 2003, 00:34

... believed that economy is the end-all
... believed that technology in itself could solve all our problems
... believed in the existence of unknowable, infinite beings
... believed in beating a people long enough will make them see your ways

Sava · May 22, 2003, 00:35

nice ranskaldan

Looking back at the last 100 years, I can't say that there will be many great "revolutions" that will force future generations to look down on us. Judging from some posts, I think you guys don't have a good grasp on history.

If anything, I think the posts about cloning and genetics are the most valid. I suspect if there is any major social/technological revolution, it will come from the Bio-Tech field.

Religion, politics, patriotism, etc... won't change much. They haven't historically. Fundamentalism is as old as religion itself. And as long as people still embrace faith and don't realize that humans created religion, well, it will be around.

I can't say there would even be any great advances in space technology. There might, but I doubt it. Unless somebody gets a huge break-through and finds out how to travel faster than light, I don't see humans doing anything other than scientific research in space. It isn't economically feasable to build colonies on the moon or Mars. Any civilian or private space program will probably be tourism related.

Imran Siddiqui · May 22, 2003, 00:37

... some believed that communism may be an answer
... believed that corporations were evil
... thought that the UN could be a successful peacekeeping organization
... were scared of new technology (cloning, etc)

MichaeltheGreat · May 22, 2003, 00:43

You mean you weenie infidel optimists think anyone will be around here in 100 years?

ranskaldan · May 22, 2003, 00:44

Quote:

Originally posted by Sava
nice ranskaldan

Quote:

Looking back at the last 100 years, I can't say that there will be many great "revolutions" that will force future generations to look down on us. Judging from some posts, I think you guys don't have a good grasp on history.

If anything, I think the posts about cloning and genetics are the most valid. I suspect if there is any major social/technological revolution, it will come from the Bio-Tech field.

Religion, politics, patriotism, etc... won't change much. They haven't historically. Fundamentalism is as old as religion itself. And as long as people still embrace faith and don't realize that humans created religion, well, it will be around.

Perhaps religion is a positive factor in keeping society together anyway. But we don't know that yet, do we, since we have never had a society based on no religion. (No, the Soviet Union does not count.)

JohnT · May 22, 2003, 01:22

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Stefu · May 22, 2003, 01:33

...won't blatantly steal threads from SDMB.

As long as we're stealing from SDMB, allow me to pilfer the comment which said that people in the future will obviously have found wrong everything I find wrong.

Tuberski · May 22, 2003, 01:35

....will wonder why we thought Stefu was funny.

ACK!

Sava · May 22, 2003, 01:54

the realization of this:

Quote:

... believed that corporations were evil

in part led to this:

Quote:

... some believed that communism may be an answer

In fairness, not all corporations are evil... just the vast majority of them.

You should also be fair Imran... Communism hasn't existed. The initial experiments failed because:
A. The people involved in it's creation were corrupt and weren't commited to the ideals
B. The country the experiment(s) took place were crap anyways

The only real things that political ideologies have taught me is that:
A. There are evil people, and just by sheer probability, they are bound to end up in government.
B. Power not only corrupts, but attracts the corrupted.
C. The only ideology you can push on people is an authoritative one (hint hint... democracy in MidEast and why war isn't the right way to go about it)

Gnool · May 22, 2003, 03:07

... allowed America to conquer whoever they pleased.
... allowed corporations to have so much power
... didn't lock up conservatives who were holding back society
... thought that patriotism/nationalism and religious fundamentalism had nothing in common
... thought that because socialism didn't work in the first 100 years that it will never work

alva · May 22, 2003, 05:25

....Had to work 1/3 of their life just to eat.

...Couldn't count in elections

...didn't look upon animals as their equal

...ate meat

...Were prepared to die for king and country or even god

...thought that bannin/neglicting was the same as soving it

...thought that no sex education equals no teen-pregnancy

Hmmp, this could be long list, stopping here before I get even more depressed

Static Universe · May 22, 2003, 05:37

...had to sleep 1/3 of their life away

alva · May 22, 2003, 05:44

[quote]Perhaps religion is a positive factor in keeping society together anyway. But we don't know that yet, do we, since we have never had a society based on no religion. (No, the Soviet Union does not count.)

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but 5000 years ago, it's sort of obsolete..

Rufus T. Firefly · May 22, 2003, 05:45

...Really? SUVs? And people actually bought them?

Tingkai · May 22, 2003, 06:02

They really believed:
- in creationism and that evolution was false
- that it was better to spend hours and hours arguing over the pros and cons of abortion, while ignoring the plight faced by children who were dying of malnutrion, lack of clean water, etc.
- That they could create mountains of garbage and other pollution without harming the environment
- That the solution to their problems was to blow someone up

And the number one thing that will really have people in the future saying "I can't believe that" is
- that people from around the world thought they could change other people's opinions on Apolyton.

Boris Godunov · May 22, 2003, 06:14

Quote:

Originally posted by Oerdin

It will be Boris. 100 years from now it will be as common and as accepted as Mendel's hybreeds are today. The benifits will be so great and the population grow will put us in such need that it is a question of when and not if.

I said I agreed, what more do you want?!

JohnT · May 22, 2003, 08:55

Stefu: Is it true that your name is a re-wording of STFU!!!!!????