Futurist Ray Kurzweil: "Anyone alive come 2040 or 2050 could be close to immortal"

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Fri Oct 9, 2009 5:16 PM EDT

Article Source: Business Week

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That may sound like something out of a sci-fi movie, but Kurzweil, a member of the Inventor's Hall of Fame and a recipient of the National Medal of Technology, says that research well underway today is leading to a time when a combination of nanotechnology and biotechnology will wipe out cancer, Alzheimer's disease, obesity and diabetes.

It'll also be a time when humans will augment their natural cognitive powers and add years to their lives, Kurzweil said.

"It's radical life extension," Kurzweil said. "The full realization of nanobots will basically eliminate biological disease and aging. I think we'll see widespread use in 20 years of [nanotech] devices that perform certain functions for us.

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2TailPuppy

So why are we wasting our time and resources on silly wars and all those other distractions?

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4 votes

#1 - Fri Oct 9, 2009 6:07 PM EDT

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slavinaster

it'll be interesting to see where nanotech takes us ... hopefully, as we evolve, we'll also leave violent confilcts, i.e. wars, behind us.

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#2 - Fri Oct 9, 2009 6:20 PM EDT

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mattwad

God, as if [approximately] 80 years alongside these other morons wasn't enough...

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#3 - Fri Oct 9, 2009 8:06 PM EDT

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madvargr

Ray Kurzweil

Wasn't he the keyboardist for the Doors? If he's araound in 2040, it'll be because he's immortal...

;)

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#4 - Fri Oct 9, 2009 8:09 PM EDT

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