"Humans will become an interplanetary species", the well-known scientist makes three predictions for the future

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"Humans will become an interplanetary species", the well-known
Humans will become an interplanetary species

Michio Kaku is one of science's greatest communicators. With popular science books since the 1980s and countless television shows, he is well known to the public looking to learn more about modern science.

Kaku is also a respected academic, having published papers and textbooks on physics topics such as string theory.

Like other people who study science and have an innate curiosity, Dr. Kaku is interested in a wide range of topics and is willing to talk about a number of them.

These are the three predictions of the American academic for the future:

Humans will become an interplanetary species

Given the money, the level of commitment from both government and private sources, and the vision behind some of the ideas Dr. Kaku is optimistic that humanity is ready to move into a "golden age of space exploration".

Of course, it's also practical for the problems we'd face if we tried to move a million people to Mars.

For example, he notes that few people ever seem to explain how to provide housing for a million people on Mars, or how they would go about obtaining the necessary means to build the buildings there. He suggests that the answer may be to rely on "self-replicating" robots, but that requires inventing them first.

We will expand the capacities of the brain

Given the progress of science in making cheaper, smaller and faster computer chips, known as Moore's Law, Dr. Kaku suggests that it's likely only a matter of time before we have access to free computers everywhere all the time – including those embedded in people. It offers an image of a brave new world of high technology.

“And who are the first people to buy contact lenses online? College students taking final exams. They will close their eyes and see all my exam answers in their contact lenses. And this can be very useful. If you are at an event and there are very important people who can influence your future, but you don't know who they are, in the future, you will know exactly who you are sharing the same environment with. You can also use the lens on a "blind date". The candidate in front of you may say that he is single, rich and successful. But your contact lenses say he pays child support and is divorced three times," predicts Michio Kaku.

We will beat cancer

Dr. Kaku argues that we are very close to beating cancer once and for all and ushering in a new era of scientific discovery.

"We will have a magic bullet against cancer using nanomedicine. That is, individual molecules in cells that can target individual cancer cells, using nanotechnology. And the next big thing is when your toilet becomes smart. In the future, your toilet will be the first line of defense against cancer, because your bodily fluids – blood and other bodily fluids, contain traces of perhaps a few hundred cancer cells in your body, perhaps years before a tumor forms… .Cancer will become like the common cold, that is, we live with the common cold, it doesn't really kill anyone, except maybe if you have pneumonia," predicts Michio Kaku.


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