About cloning; There are always going to be some black sheep in any business
So Brain, the lesson here is nobody publishes stuff worth billion$ unless it is already protected in someway.
of course nobody publishes stuff worth billions$! It will only be worth billions if one day it works. It can only work if an armada of scientists work and investigate for years and years. For that to happen and for himself to secure the necessary funds for his research he must show something. Also, not everybody wants to be a billionaire, some people are happy being and remaining only multimillionaires like
Jim Sinegal.
About the timeframe of 50-100 years.
Technological progress is
exponential and not linear. In about 25-30 years from now we will have nano robots that will be able to produce anything just like in star track movie. Will it happen? It depends on us. We are approaching the intersection where we will have to decide either way, the smooth transition like in eastern European countries or the
66’th book alternative.
This alternative:
Ray Kurweil:
evolution created humans, humans created technology, humans are now working with increasingly advanced technology to create new generations of technology. As a result, the rate of progress of an evolutionary process increases exponentially over time.
Or this one:
Bill O'Reilly:
Okay, so you do not believe, you do not believe personally, we’re fighting World War III. Okay, that’s very interesting and very telling, because I do and most Americans do.
?
Brain
Albert Einstein:
I do not know with what weapons World War 3 will be fought, but World War 4 will be fought with sticks and stones.