X-Message-Number: 18074 Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 11:05:38 -0500 From: Jeffrey Soreff <> Subject: Re: #18070: What's missing in this forecast? [Mark Plus] >Arthur C. Clarke's predictions for the next century: ... >2015 Complete control of matter at the atomic level is achieved. ... >2040 A universal replicator based on nanotechnology is now able to create >any object from gourmet meals to diamonds. The only thing that has value is >information. Are these events actually different (besides being 25 years apart...)? I respect Clarke, but, to get an idea of his predictive accuracy, dig up a copy of "Profiles of the Future" and look at the timeline between publication and 2000... Best wishes, -Jeff Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=18074