The Prometheus Factor and Three Key Indicators of an Advanced Society by Stuart Marongwe

Stuart Marongwe

Hie Jim

Thank you for your well thought comments. Yes an understanding of quantum gravity will open up new possibilities that are only limited by our imagination. The question: "What is gravity?" is certainky one of the most difficult questions to ask a physicist. Is Dark Energy and Dark Matter different manifestations of gravity? Answers to such fundamental questions wil certainly steer humanity into a pleasant future.

Judy Nabb

Stuart,

As my current neighbour in score and also alphabetically I read your essay and was glad I did. Like mine I believe it should be better placed and have no compunction in scoring it highly. I hope you might agree the same of mine.

I was also interested in the conversation with Christian and Peter above, to which you haven't yet responded. I wish you well with your important work.

Judy

Stuart Marongwe

Judy

Thank you for appreciating my essay.I am reading yours and will give you a vote as soon as I am through.

Cheers

Stuart

Toby Lightheart

Hi Stuart,

We seem to come at the question from quite different directions. I don't have the background to make any technical comments on your discussion of quantum computing. Nevertheless, in the short term I don't think quantum computing or theories of gravity are fundamentally significant in how humanity steers the future. Could you please summarise what you think are the main arguments are for their importance?

Regards,

Toby

Stuart Marongwe

Hello Toby

Thank you for coming by and reading my essay.The point I am making is we have have to think long term and answer questions like:

a)What is the ultimate goal of humanity? As the human population increases should we remain as a one planet species?Clearly the resources will not be adquate to sustain an ever increasing population. Ultimately we will have to reach for the stars.To do so we need to sail the vast expanses of space-time.To do so we need to understand the fundamental properties of space-time and see it as a resource that can be harnessed for the benefit of humanity. Although it might take a long time to fully grasp the fundamentals we might learn a few thingsalong the way that might be of immediate use.

b)Understanding Quantum gravity is not just an intellectual pursuit but also has practical and technological benefits some which we cannot comprehend at the moment no more than a person from the 19th centuary would comprehend how humanity would benefit from the newly formulated unfied theory of electricity and magnetism by Maxell.

Regards

Stuart

pjackson

Stuart,

I hope you get to respond as you suggested above. Best of luck getting into the final group. My final ratings are going on now including yours, which should help. It'd s been a very interesting but eye aching reading experience. Speed reading really doesn't help much!

I think too many have drifted too far from fundamental physics, but the subject wording did invite that. It certainly drew a diparate bunch of responses, but I'm left seriously doubting out chances of longevity!

Best wishes

Peter

Jonathan Dickau

I like your idea Stuart,

I think your central thesis is excellent, but I wish you had more to say about why it is so. If I didn't already believe in what you have to say, you would leave me unconvinced. Thanks for taking the time to share your views, though. I'll have more to say, when more time allows. I still hope to read a few more essays.

All the Best,

Jonathan

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