If we ever colonized Mars, I bet they would have an incredible science and engineering faculty at their university. It seems like most science and engineering have fantasies of space travel and everything. Plus think of the personalities of scientists that would be crazy enough to want to move to a new colony on another planet.

I was wondering about how a colony on Mars would compare to when people colonized America. The first ones that came to America were groups that were persecuted. Then came the “frontiersmen” who wanted to move to a new land for various reasons. It would certainly be interesting to see what type of people would want to move to another planet.

Ok I know I already ranted about this but we were talking about it and I wanted to say some more on here. Technology currently is advancing at an exponential rate. That is, there was 1000’s of years between the wheel and the train and then only a few decades between trains and automobiles and then only a few years between that and flight and eventually space flight. Just one example of how it speeds up. If technology were to continue increasing exponentially, then eventually it would be increasing at an almost exponential rate. Earlier I was saying it could be some great invention that could cause this, like time travel or a brain computer interface (BCI). I think obviously with time travel that is what would happen. But then is there a ceiling? If technology is advancing at an infinite rate, is there a ceiling where we know everything? Where we even know why? I doubt it. I think it is a question of scale. If technology is advancing at an even faster rate then time will just seem to go by that much faster and the rate will be relatively the same. Especially if time travel is involved. Perhaps we are zipping through major inventions every few days, but that seems like nothing when time is no longer relevant because of time travel. The other thing is, if technology does increase at an infinite rate and there is some ceiling, then do we eventually know everything? Do we know why we’re here? And if we do, then do we even continue to exist?

The Mayans had a calendar which had long 5000 year cycles and after each the cycle would begin anew. The end of the current cycle is December 21st, 2012, which also happens to be winter solstice that year. The Mayans also had a short calendar witha cycle of 52 years and every 52 years they thought the world might end. I’m not sure what this means for 2012 but there are theories that it could just be some weird alignment in sky or perhaps the date when technological advances begin occurring at the rate of infinity (see Technology). The Mayans were really good astronomers so perhaps it is the date of some asteroid coming. I’ve kind of pictured these cycles of the Mayans as maybe being most of the civilization is lost, but what is left begins fresh and better and stronger than before. Either way I’m really curious to see what the hell is going to happen on that date.

Technology is great and it gives us all kinds of new abilities and gives us more time. But it has its problems too. With all this extra time, people aren’t using it to invent great new technologies to revolutionize the world or even just to try to sit and find inner peace. Instead the majority of society just seems to use the extra time to sit around and be lazy. The new technology allows a few who want to do do amazing things and build upon it, while it seems most people just get lazier from technology. The rate at which technology progresses increases all the time and it seems that at some point it would reach an infinite rate (possibly 2012?). Perhaps at some point some great new technology would come along that would basically instantly allow discovery of all other discoveries. Or of course a time machine would allow an infinite rate of progression of technology as time would no longer be a factor. I think I’m rambling here. My point was going to be that although we have all this technology, we really don’t know anything more than ancient civilizations like the Mayans or Native Americans. While they didn’t have as much technology as us, they knew something that we didn’t, with their pyramids and impressive stone sculptures and odd creations upon lines of electromagnetic force. Something about their faith and spirituality allowed them to know more than it seems our technology will ever provide. Perhaps we need to not concentrate on technology as much as spirituality and beliefs.

I can’t wait for those teleporters to arrive. Using quantum technology, it may eventually be possible to teleport things from one place to another instantly. It may even become possible to transport people like in Star Trek. For one thing, ordering things online will become much more popular, because there will be no wait for packages to arrive. They will be teleported there instantly when you order them. Also, this will eliminate the need for planes, trains, and automobiles. This will mean people will spend less time traveling and will have more time to enjoy themselves, work, or socialize. It also means that all the roads and airports that have been built can be eliminated and we can have much more open space and greenery. It should also cut down on pollution since there won’t be thousands of cars polluting the air every day. These changes should create a revolution as our entire society changes with faster more efficent transportation.

One of the few possibilities of time travel is a rotating charged black hole. Once one goes in orbit of the black hole, they can escape, but only into a different part of the universe. This does not require you to fly into or through a black hole. The region of space that they are ejected to could be a different area of space or a different time, since these are both dimensions of our world. The problem with this theory is that there are no charged rotating black holes. It is slightly plausible that one could shoot projectiles into a charged black hole to cause it to rotate; however, at some point, the mass of the projectiles required to speed of the black hole any further would be infinite. Therefore, this project is impossible.