Pathetic proof of the state of the United States: A lot of the experiments on "Mythbusters" deal with guns ... will a laptop computer stop bullets, will a wig stop bullets, and on and on. Americans sure love their damn guns.
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A discussion of various philosophies pointed out that there are people who would rather do wrong freely than do right by coercion.
Sounds like the Tea Bag Party and the GOP.
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The host of a Science Channel show, "Sci Fi Science," was working on plans for a cyber-soldier 50 years in the future. He cited current technology that might be expanded to create a biomechanical blend of human and machine, with super strength, mechanically enhanced eyesight, built-in weapons, a hive mind, fueled by broadcast power. My problem: Who thinks that, 50 years from now, individual soldiers will be on a battlefield? Dick Cheney doesn't.
The post-Vietnam wisdom is that the military is always fighting the last war, not the current one. This guy's imagining a 2010 war in 2060. But 2060 warfare won't remotely resemble 2010 tech. Could the GIs of 1944 cope with today's weapons in Iraq and Afganistan?
The entire show's a waste of imagination.
Another thought: "Star Trek's" Borg were cited, but "Doctor Who's" Cybermen preceded the Borg. The Borg are terrifying and the Cybermen are hilarious.
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