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By 2050 solar power could end U.S. dependence on foreign oil and slash greenhouse gas emissions (sciam.com)
11 points by kf on March 20, 2008 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



By 2050, aliens could have taken over the earth and humans could have been turned into a fungus-eating quadruped. This is forty years from now, and there is no telling which way the technological development will take.

Scientific American is stupid. Just look at the predictions these magazines were making fifty years ago. I suppose the article's author is basing his predictions on available evidence? Well, based on available evidence, the authors of Scientific American make lousy predictions.


yeah but by then the Singularity will already have happened so who cares




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