Things you do/don't expect to be achieved in your lifetime.

m@cc@ · 24-02-2010 11:51PM #1

Just wanted to know that people think that we as humans will achieve within your lifetime. Personally, I reckon we'll find a cure/vaccine for AIDS and cancer. There have been a few breakthroughs in recent times and certain individuals have even been show to be in immune to AIDS without any treatment.

I don't expect us to find conclusive proof about extra-terrestrial life existing. I'm kinda open-minded about the possibilty of it existing, the universe is so vast it's impossible not to conceive that it exists. But I haven't seen anything yet that would convince me that it does.

Sheeps · 24-02-2010 11:54PM

There is no cure for cancer. A cure for cancer is effectively a cure for aging. Hate to burst your bubble. I've no doubt however that treatment of cancer will improve however.

24-02-2010 11:55PM

Dam near total destruction of the human race before reemerging on the other side in a brand new utopia.

ball · 24-02-2010 11:55PM

Well I hope they find the aliens

o1s1n · 24-02-2010 11:58PM

ball wrote: »

Well I hope they find the aliens

Me too. The poor buggers have been lost for years.

Run_to_da_hills · 24-02-2010 11:59PM

Dublin Dart inter connector and Airport metro link. :mad:

Sea Sharp · 24-02-2010 11:59PM

I can't see them reaching another solar system in our lifetime.

Artificial hearts / lungs will be in the next 5-20 years.

m@cc@ · 24-02-2010 11:59PM

Sheeps wrote: »

There is no cure for cancer. A cure for cancer is effectively a cure for aging. Hate to burst your bubble. I've no doubt however that treatment of cancer will improve however.

I hear what your saying but aren't we effectively 'curing' aging already. Think about life expectancy in the Western world in comparison to even 50 years ago.

Agricola · 25-02-2010 12:00AM

Don't expect - See 32 county Republic thread!

fizzynicenice · 25-02-2010 12:00AM

I strongly believe we will eventually open clongriffin DART station.

m@cc@ · 25-02-2010 12:01AM

GaNjaHaN wrote: »

I can't see them reaching another solar system in our lifetime.

Artificial hearts / lungs will be in the next 5-20 years.

I was thinking about that also, whether they might even put man on Mars. There doesn't seem to be the same public appetite for space exploration as there used to be. Maybe I'm wrong.

admiralofthefleet · 25-02-2010 12:02AM

fully integrated and functioning public transport in dublin

m@cc@ · 25-02-2010 12:02AM

Agricola wrote: »

Don't expect - See 32 county Republic thread!

I'm awaiting some mention of that, it's seems few threads can go by today with some mention of N.Ireland, the British, Muslims, headshops or the Catholic Church. Hey, I just mentioned them. :rolleyes:

bazza1 · 25-02-2010 12:03AM

trustworthy political system

Senna · 25-02-2010 12:07AM

I'm praying they find a cure for baldness in no more than 5-8 years time.

alwaysadub · 25-02-2010 12:07AM

Don't expect:
World Peace.
Potholes to be filled in properly,if at all.
That i'll ever be able to afford to buy a house.

Do Expect:
Jedward to take over the running of the country, causing mass suicide /hysteria depending on your feelings towards them.

Sea Sharp · 25-02-2010 12:20AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

I was think about that also, whether they might even put man on Mars. There doesn't seem to be the same public appetite for space exploration as there used to be. Maybe I'm wrong.

There might be a helium3 rush to the moon in the next 20/30 years though. We'll have something to gain from that. Have a look at this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2xChmfLlMo

I think we'll see a man on Mars in our lifetime. But I doubt we'll see colonization. (Unless they make a new Australia/prison island

)

Sheeps · 25-02-2010 12:23AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

I hear what your saying but aren't we effectively 'curing' aging already. Think about life expectancy in the Western world in comparison to even 50 years ago.

Ugh... We are not curing aging.

m5ex9oqjawdg2i · 25-02-2010 12:24AM

I don't expect to be a millionaire

m@cc@ · 25-02-2010 12:25AM

Sheeps wrote: »

Ugh... We are not curing aging.

OK, then we're surpressing the effects of aging.

Sea Sharp · 25-02-2010 12:26AM

Collins Salty Vapor wrote: »

I don't expect to be a millionaire

Well wait and see where inflation leaves us in 30 years. Houses were less than 10k back in the 70s don't forget.;)

cute_cow · 25-02-2010 12:26AM

I don't expect I'll ever find a job again

o1s1n · 25-02-2010 12:27AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

I'm awaiting some mention of that, it's seems few threads can go by today with some mention of N.Ireland, the British, Muslims, headshops or the Catholic Church. Hey, I just mentioned them. :rolleyes:

I hope to see the destruction of the rolleyes emoticon in my lifetime, but fear the worst.

m@cc@ · 25-02-2010 12:29AM

o1s1n wrote: »

I hope to see the destruction of the rolleyes emoticon in my lifetime, but fear the worst.

Well, I rarely use it if ever. It was in reference to myself.

minidazzler · 25-02-2010 12:58AM

Random wrote: »

Dam near total destruction of the human race before reemerging on the other side in a brand new utopia.

More likely to be Dystopia TBH.

Like in V for Vendetta, something will happen that has a government take control with the silent consent of the people.

McChubbin · 25-02-2010 01:07AM

Where's my toothpaste-powered hover car?! :mad:

nibtrix · 25-02-2010 01:15AM

m@cc@ wrote: »

There doesn't seem to be the same public appetite for space exploration as there used to be. Maybe I'm wrong.

I think it's because we know that there's no quick solutions. We know there's very little chance that we'll : find other life forms; build new communities on the moon/mars; do anything from 60s/70s sci-fi - in the next 20-50 years.

No-one wants to invest heavily/spend their life working on something that won't pay off in their own lifetime. How excited can you be about lauching a space mission that won't give an interesting result until 2050? (random date;))

CrazyRabbit · 25-02-2010 01:22AM

Likely to see:
Bio computer chips directly embedded into our brains with wireless connectivity to devices and other people (we can practically do this already). I'd say 15-20 years for it to become common.

Quantum computing. Computing at near light speed! About 20 years away.

Humans living to 200+ years.

Artificial human organs.

Nanobot medicines. ~15 years

True 3D televisions. ~10 years

Invisibility clothing (this is actually being worked on with some good success) ~5 years

A major disease/virus that kills hundred of millions in a short period of time. ~next week?

Cold Nuclear fusion. ~10-20 years

True democracy where each citizen gets a vote on every issue. ~10 years

A unmanned space shuttle to Mars.

Not likely to see:
An end to '6 month long' minor roadworks on just about every major road.

Peace in the middle east.

A decade where the US isn't at war with someone.

The remote control for my stereo that I misplaced 6 months ago.

An end to the drinking culture in Ireland.

A sustained reduction in crime.

Grimreaper666 · 25-02-2010 01:55AM

Don't expect to see an effective Fianna Fail government any time soon, well not in my lifetime anyway. And as for a corruption free one? Well it ain't ever going to happen is it.....:(

rainbow kirby · 25-02-2010 02:00AM

Duke Nukem Forever and a proof of the Riemann hypothesis.

Elevator · 25-02-2010 02:24AM

I hope i can buy off licence after 10 pm or dance after 2am if I feel lke it, can smoke what I like and not disgusting tobacco that the government is makin an absolute fortune on!!! Won't hold my breath on all three but 1 or two concerning alcohol have real potential, can take a run and jump abut the herb I'd say

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