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Old 05-15-2007   #9 (permalink)
Moniker42
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Default Re: What will they think of us in the year 3000 ?

It will go one of two ways... We'll be remembered either as the civilisation that invented the computer and aeroplanes, the first pionneers of space, we'll bring together the nations of the world in a gradual but effective harmony of globalised peace that lasts for another few thousand years, with our obvious little flaws that will be looked back upon and made joked about (like how the ancient Greeks had sex with young boys or how the Romans had funny names); we could be remembered as the civilisation that finally threw off the shackles of religion and started believing in reality.

Or we will be remembered as the civilisation that invented the atomic bomb, pillaged the Earth's resources and destroyed the ozone layer, making planet Earth hostile and almost uninhabitable. We could be remembered as the civilisation that commited the worst ever acts against humanity such as the holocaust and the gulags.
"What is real? How do you define real? If you're talking about what we can taste, what we can smell, hear and feel then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain."
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