Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: OT but fun; 2004 as seen in 1954

steerpike opened this issue on Nov 25, 2004 ยท 42 posts


nomuse posted Thu, 25 November 2004 at 1:51 PM

Well, considering that integrating the CRT display was long in the future, the console television set apparently hanging from a bracket is a dead giveaway that this is a collage. I do like the wheel, though; cool touch. A thing to remember in "predicting" future technology is that tools only exist to describe what is currently understood in physics, with very small predictions as to the general shape and parameters of what might be the next development or theory. Something like "warp drive" or "transporter" or "Gleeb-Tok Ramnor" would be based upon the principal beyond the principle beyond the one we understand. Another two or three steps removed and not possible to infer from where we are. Most futurists are much more conservative and will not speak on anything that can't be done with some extension of present-day engineering methods and principles. However, considering the sorry state of science education, I am glad that books like "The Physics of Star Trek" generally back away from speculation and instead make an effort to educate on present-day science and engineering.