You sound a bit speciesist to me, Mr Coates.

Hey, Claudia. I heard on the radio in the weekend that the gene for longevity has just been isolated. We might be on to a winner already.

As for furthering the evolution of our species, I think that's over now. Blind and stupid DNA survival of the fittest genes has done itself in by creating a rational animal- a creature that will choose his own fate- his own evolutionary pathways.

I'd like to go far enough in the future that man has spread across the galaxy.

And the stars, in all their crowded glory, are the possession and birthright of the human race.

hands down! I've often thought about what the world would be like 150 years from now.
The technological advances in medicine and space travel would be worth having a peek at.

I read something a while back which stated that even 25 years from now, the average life span should be touching on the 115 year mark.

Death is such a bummer. Sooner or later, I'm sure mankind will find a way to rejeuvenate cells and prolong life... imagine turning 50 and knowing you've probably got another 100 or so years to achieve your life goals - if not more!

I'd love to see what sort of machines we'll travel in as we go about our ordinary business. Which planets would we colonize, which would we extract resources from etc...

I've often wondered too - if man evolved from apes, how do we know that what we are right now isn't another mere step in our evolutionary process? What could man possibly evolve into that is more than what we are? If even the most intelligent man only uses a small percentage of his brain, imagine what he may be capable of if he consistently utilized the whole organ?

Hopefully all religion would die a certain death and be consigned to the superstition scrapheap once and for all. Amen.

the best reason to choose the past?

...if you go back before you made the decision to go back to the past, then you'll void that decision and so still only end up with one time machine.

According to Dr Emmett Brown, that is.

I would choose the past, then I would go back in time to before I made that decision and choose the future. I would then have a "future" time machine and a "past" time machine.

The best way to get the best of both worlds would be to meet any of the atomists Licuppus,Demecritus,Epicurus and tell them how right they were on almost all issues pertaining to reality and hopefully speed up science so when you get back you can reap the benifits of more advanced technology.
Another option is to go back anf kill Constantine so christianity doesent get off the ground and the Libary of Alexandria isnt burnt to the ground

I'm not sure I'd rely on Aristotle to close the slavery loophole. Although of course, in promoting the subjugation of women, he was right on the money.

Linz

Shit, there was another joke.

And it was about the "metaphysically significant."

Clearly I am seriously immoral.

Please don't tell Harry.

And I'd take back some reading material for the Founding Fathers, and I'd get in their ear, and make sure they closed *all* the loopholes.

Do you think he'd be a decent bloke in real life, Aristotle?

Against most, I actually like how he writes. But I'm going off translations.

For all their good ideas, philosophers don't tend to be great company nor have particularly fine personal habits.

The American Revolution?

A chance to fight honorably for the most consistently honorable cause ever? Among honorable men and women fighting for the same egoistical reasons? The only period in time where an Objectivist might actually fit in in general and be respected?

Yes.

Its worth the risk to life and limb, no?

Honest.