Friday, January 23, 2009

Humanity moving forward --> The intergalactic internet

http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=quantum-teleportation-with-ions

With technology like this perfected, perhaps trasmitting data would be distance-insensitive.

Consider any sentient race, on any planet. At some point, would they invent a computer ? a network ? build an internet ?

Wouldn't it be interesting if there were an intergalactic internet sitting under our nose that we could connect to at any time, if we knew how. Consider, thousands of alien species, communicating, collaborating, possibly conflicting or conspiring to find a way to visit in person, create energy, resources, technology, medical information...

It's nice to call, before you visit. Being an uninvited guest could yeild undesirable consequences.

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