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By 2050, gem quality diamonds will be only three times as expensive, in real terms, as cubic zirconia are today.

By 2070, there will be more robots than people.

By 2050, there will be a vaccine for AIDS.

By 2060, Saudi Arabia (or its successor states) will earn more money from the export of renewable energy than from the export of oil.

By 2060, 10% of babies will be genetically engineered.

By 2040, half of all new cars won't have internal combustion engines.

With regards to controlling the brain, I would not hold my breath http://mathbabe.org/2015/10/20/guest-post-dirty-rant-about-the-human-brain-project/ The follow up episode of "The Brain" I believe covered just that showing a simulation of a small part of the brain. Apparently to properly ...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_foreign-born_population just in case reality is of any interest. That's an interesting link. Thanks. Is much of the foreign-born population in Australia, Canada and NZ from English-speaking countries, like the US and UK? Is much of the immigration ...

Brecher wrote:If the US wants to avoid complete embarrassment in Iran, Afghanistan and Syria,

I meant Iraq, not Iran.

If the US wants to avoid complete embarrassment in Iran, Afghanistan and Syria, it needs a constructive relationship with Russia and Iran. The Cold War and the Lebanese Civil War is over, hopefully not to return. It is odd to rely on Pakistan to access Afghanistan when the ISI has been supporting th...

I guess Bibi will have to try something else, like "that awkward moment when you realize she's into the other guy, not you" is all the Palestinian's fault. I suppose. Die Welt | Why Netanyahu’s Holocaust Theory Sounds So Ugly In Germany Netanyahu is starting to sound as crazy and conspira...

US Spring break in Cuba? “In fact, I’ve often felt that if we want a real get-tough policy with the Castro brothers, we should force them to deal with spring break once or twice,” Flake quipped Thursday during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s hearing on President Barack Obama’s nomination o...

I hear that Trudeau wants Canada to have some form of proportional representation.

That could keep the young fella in power for a generation, with either a Liberal majority or a Liberal-NDP coalition.

He could last longer than Thatcher did.

Heracleum Persicum wrote:.


" It is populist, and should not be considered too seriously,"

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It looks like Russia and Iran have Turkey by the balls.

It's going to be a cold winter in Constantinople.

I hope that Obama and the Kurds benefit from this.

I guess Bibi will have to try something else, like "that awkward moment when you realize she's in to the other guy, not you" is all the Palestinian's fault.

What can you do with Vivaldi that you can't do with Chrome?

I should check out Privacy Badger.

That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section. I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced. Sometimes literature is a nice surprise. Maybe Ko Un will win. Literature is often a surprise. Svetlana Alexievich: "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suff...

Typhoon wrote:That's why the Nobel Awards are in the science + tech section.

I lose interest after the chemistry Nobel laureates are announced.

Sometimes literature is a nice surprise. Maybe Ko Un will win.

Penetration testing -- a fun project for a clever girl.