Comments on: A Bit of Free Sci-Fi: “The end of Science” http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/21/a-bit-of-free-sci-fi-the-end-of-science/ tech, science, news and social issues for geeks Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: matthttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/21/a-bit-of-free-sci-fi-the-end-of-science/#comment-125382 matt Mon, 22 Dec 2008 09:31:46 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8828#comment-125382 I like the idea of the machine asking/saying "- huh." but with the dashes in place it doesn't seem like that was the author's intent. Of course the question the scientist asks is in fact another question. "Are there any other questions to answer?" Answer "Yes, the question to answer is: Are there any other questions to answer?" So, "Are there any other questions to answer?" Answer "Yes, the question to answer is: Are there any other questions to answer?" So, "Are there any other questions to answer?" Answer "Yes, the question to answer is: Are there any other questions to answer?" Just kidding. I like the idea of the machine asking/saying "- huh." but with the dashes in place it doesn't seem like that was the author's intent. Of course the question the scientist asks is in fact another question.

"Are there any other questions to answer?" Answer "Yes, the question to answer is: Are there any other questions to answer?" So, "Are there any other questions to answer?" Answer "Yes, the question to answer is: Are there any other questions to answer?" So, "Are there any other questions to answer?" Answer "Yes, the question to answer is: Are there any other questions to answer?"

Just kidding.

]]> By: ghostDancerhttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/21/a-bit-of-free-sci-fi-the-end-of-science/#comment-125281 ghostDancer Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:34:09 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8828#comment-125281 ¿42? ¿42?

]]> By: Jameshttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/21/a-bit-of-free-sci-fi-the-end-of-science/#comment-125278 James Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:29:52 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8828#comment-125278 Surely the machine asks "huh" thus asking a question, thus there can never really be an end to questioning, perhaps only an end to supposedly relevant questioning. Surely the machine asks "huh" thus asking a question, thus there can never really be an end to questioning, perhaps only an end to supposedly relevant questioning.

]]> By: remshttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/21/a-bit-of-free-sci-fi-the-end-of-science/#comment-125271 rems Sun, 21 Dec 2008 15:01:43 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8828#comment-125271 I would like the machine to answer that way as well, so his spirit can get a break and rest in peace but the scientist seems to have been unsatisfied with the answer and says that it can't be true and wants to know some more which necessarily means that more questions need to be asked which might have been already answered or not... But this story is kind of unfinished since it lacks a real <i>chute<i> at the end and leaves us on our own hungry desire to learn more about it...</i></i> I would like the machine to answer that way as well, so his spirit can get a break and rest in peace but the scientist seems to have been unsatisfied with the answer and says that it can't be true and wants to know some more which necessarily means that more questions need to be asked which might have been already answered or not… But this story is kind of unfinished since it lacks a real chute at the end and leaves us on our own hungry desire to learn more about it…

]]> By: Jimmy Rogershttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/21/a-bit-of-free-sci-fi-the-end-of-science/#comment-125261 Jimmy Rogers Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:59:39 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8828#comment-125261 See, I think I want the ending to be that the machine told her that there are no more questions. The human scientist is the one who casts doubt on that statement. I don't think it fits with what she says very well though. Hence my confusion. See, I think I want the ending to be that the machine told her that there are no more questions. The human scientist is the one who casts doubt on that statement. I don't think it fits with what she says very well though.

Hence my confusion.

]]> By: remshttp://www.geeksaresexy.net/2008/12/21/a-bit-of-free-sci-fi-the-end-of-science/#comment-125260 rems Sun, 21 Dec 2008 13:55:05 +0000 http://www.geeksaresexy.net/?p=8828#comment-125260 I am not satisfied by the ending, I want the answer to the question. The story is realistic and I agree with most of the facts established there although there are quite a few points that can't be true since we're going in many more directions in science than stated in the short story. I do believe that at some point we might have no more questions to answer in regards to our universe but our questions source will never get depleted. So I would come to think that the AI told the last scientist that there were more questions that needed answering weither it was directly or indirectly said to the human, he couldn't believe it since he was convinced that we had answered them all. Which would explain his reaction "That can't be right". I am not satisfied by the ending, I want the answer to the question.

The story is realistic and I agree with most of the facts established there although there are quite a few points that can't be true since we're going in many more directions in science than stated in the short story.

I do believe that at some point we might have no more questions to answer in regards to our universe but our questions source will never get depleted. So I would come to think that the AI told the last scientist that there were more questions that needed answering weither it was directly or indirectly said to the human, he couldn't believe it since he was convinced that we had answered them all. Which would explain his reaction "That can't be right".

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