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Childhoods End.... AGAIN
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| Joss Weatherby |
So re-reading this and before I found tie ins to Evangelion (forced evolution, collective beings) and Akira (telekinetic powers in children, utopian ideals).
Now I found a bit that sounds like it was the inspiration for The Matrix and Total Recall... :p
| quote: | | The group of artists and scientists that had so far done the least was the one that had attracted the greatest interest – and the greatest alarm. This was the team working on “total identification.” The history of the cinema gave the clue to their actions. First, sound, then color, then stereoscopy, then Cinerama, had made the old “moving picture” more and more like reality itself. Where was the end of the story? Surely, the final stage would be when the audience forgot it was an audience, and became part of the action. To achieve this would involve stimulation of all the senses, and perhaps hypnosis as well, but many believed it to be practical. When the goal attained, there would be an enormous enrichment of human experience. A man could become—for a while, at least—any other person, and could take part in any conceivable adventure, real or imaginary. He could even be a plant or an animal, if it proved possible to capture and record the sense impressions of other living creatures. And when the “program” was over, he would have acquired a memory as vivid as any experience in his actual life—indeed, indistinguishable from reality itself. |
Man Arthur C. Clarke was a ing master.... |
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| cmay119 |
That would be pretty intense. Though, I think it's safe to say that's a long way off before we'd be able to achieve that level of realism.
Though, with how fast technology has evolved in the last 100 years, I wouldn't put it past advancement to see it in another 100.
Edit: what's the source? Or whom are you quoting? |
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| Joss Weatherby |
Childhood's End?
by Arthur C. Clarke...
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| cmay119 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
Childhood's End?
by Arthur C. Clarke...
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Yikes. Sorry, I've never heard of that author or have read the book. I thought you were quoting just some random blip.
...I'll get my coat. |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| quote: | Originally posted by cmay119
Yikes. Sorry, I've never heard of that author or have read the book. I thought you were quoting just some random blip.
...I'll get my coat. |
Never heard of him?
Even if you do not enjoy science fiction he was still very influential person. He was the one that popularized the idea of using the geostationary orbit for communications satellites! :eek: |
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| cmay119 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
Never heard of him?
Even if you do not enjoy science fiction he was still very influential person. He was the one that popularized the idea of using the geostationary orbit for communications satellites! :eek: |
No, unfortunately, I haven't. Something tells me I'm quite a bit out of the know on this one. The quote was very intriguing though, so I have a feeling I'll be very interested when I read up on him further. :) |
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| AnotherWay83 |
| he used to host this awesome show on the discovery channel called "arthur c clarke's mysterious universe" way back in the day... |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| Damn, also Karellen's speech to humanity is a lot like describing the origins of the plot of Children of Men... |
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| MrJiveBoJingles |
| I'm still hoping for mind uploading. |
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| Lews |
| quote: | Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
I'm still hoping for mind uploading. |
Same. |
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| igottaknow |
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