In about ten years, computer technology as we know it will stop advancing. Computer chips will not be able to get any smaller or any faster. That is when computer technology based on molecules will take over. From what I have seen in the last ten years, computers in 100 years will be whatever our imaginations can come up with. That could be good, but that could also be very bad. Given the capacity of the imagination, I am very concerned about what will happen because of technology.
The egotistic condition of being human is something that needs to be taken into account when debating for or against the advancement of technology. One trait people have that helps them survive is their self-centered outlook which extends to the outer limits of the universe. With the birth of Homo sapiens came intelligence and egotism great enough to threaten the equilibrium of the planet. People like to form nature around their lives, not the other way around. The human race is literally in a fight with nature.
One very strong instinct people have is to not die. In 100 years people will be having a debate on whether or not it is ethical to digitize our minds in order to live forever. I hope I am wrong, but I believe that if given enough time, we will be able to create some sort of an eternity. As we become more like computers and computers become more like us there will be a new species of life. We will have created life—computers with feelings and thoughts. In the future it will be easy to forget the implications of the advancements of technology because information will be more desirable than knowledge.
People will be able to have digital children that will never be in physical form and will never wear out or die. The children of the future will have “gods” for parents. The kids’ eternal life will depend on whether or not the parents grant it. This new world (or worlds) will inhabit people that are not conditioned by earth’s way of evolution where parents care for their kids because of a specie’s need to procreate in order to survive. The evolution of computers (or the people inside of them) will be shaped only by gaining comprehension of ways to “delete” others in order to survive forever.
Some serious contemplating needs to be done on this issue. One human flaw that may kill us in the end is the fact that we are too smart for our own good and yet too dumb to realize it. But, if we believe that our only flaw is in not advancing, then denial will be what ultimately kills us. If we are to survive we will need to understand that we do not understand and accept some things as they are.
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Biology to Molecular Biology Changing scenario in Medicine
Dr.T.V.Rao MD
The greatest achievements in the Medical sciences are attributed to developments in Diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of several diseases. Today progress in the world is mainly contributed by control of Infectious diseases. We are heading to cross roads, many of the past technologies are giving way to several microbes, they escape our present methods of detection and resistant to several drugs we use to eliminate them. We the scientific communities have no options left, except to search for new paths in science and newer technologies. Till recently the Science made best progress with phenotypic methods, however in the recent past Molecular methods have dominated all other forms of technologies. The division of Bioinformatics changed the advances in Science which is bringing together the fields of Microbiology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, and Genetics under the fold of computers and soft ware advances in computer technology.
The discoveries of Watson-Crick in basic understanding of Bacterial DNA (Genome) made us rich to know about ourselves. Many commercial establishments, with help of Scientists, are targeting majority of diseases, important fields being AIDS, Mental illness, Autoimmune diseases, Obesity, Alzheimer’s diseases, Heart diseases, Parkinson’s disease and emerging trends on Multidrug resistant tuberculosis ( MDR ). The molecular medicine made the physicians know the realities of the disease before taking heroic decisions
Need of Molecular biology in Microbiology
All the great achievements with discovery of pencillin are diluted with, onset of pencillin being inactivated with genetic alteration of Staphylococcus aureus,gaining resistance. The progress of dealing with gram-negative bacteria is hampered with production ßlactamase making the Cephalosporins being not useful in several infections. The major antibiotic therapies are throttled with Genetic mutation in Microbes. The present system of identification is limited as there is a grwoing list of unknown and less known Microbes emerged by human activities as mass migration and aforestation. The Medical profession is challenged with onset of AIDS in 1981, made a bottle neck in progress of developing countries. Major advances in Medicine as Transplantation made the people venerable to less known infections, however genome based studies still in infancy to locate the infection and find appropriate solutions.
Role of Molecular Biology identifies less known Infections
The emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases with selected Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes along with several viruses, yeasts, moulds, dimorphic fungi pose a ever growing challenge to clinical Microbiologists. On many occasions the traditional and age old techniques rarely help for survival and saving a life. Newer generation of Physicians and Microbiologists await newer technologies in particular Molecular Biology techniques in life saving circumstances
How to Implement Molecular Biology
It is true that molecular biology is in infancy, many in the developing countries cannot afford. However we have to impress on the new generation of Doctors and Scientists and Microbiologists and educate and teach about using the newer technologies.
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I am a Medical Microbiologist working as Professor of Microbiology in a Indian Medical College, Interested in educating on Infectious diseases
