tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947892804388166400.post8560688020038956068..comments2023-10-23T16:45:52.760-04:00Comments on Alleged Wisdom: Driving and ControlUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947892804388166400.post-1355712928142845022009-08-16T16:14:15.555-04:002009-08-16T16:14:15.555-04:00Teleportation might never happen. It, like faster...Teleportation might never happen. It, like faster-than-light travel, is simply not possible with our current understanding of physics.<br /><br />But it might be possible, within our lifetime, to have a chip implanted in your head that allows you to control, and access all the sensory data from, a mobile robot. Instead of going to a place, you lie down in a VR couch, rent a robot that is stationed wherever you want to 'go', and then experience it through the senses of the robot.Alleged Wisdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08322172859028340221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947892804388166400.post-82902638949473983962009-08-15T19:40:40.984-04:002009-08-15T19:40:40.984-04:00Count me in as another who prefers being a passeng...Count me in as another who prefers being a passenger. I didn't get my license until I was a college junior. Hated driving! Saw potential death on every corner after learning just what it took to drive and besides, much preferred being free to let my mind wander or read while travelling. Now that I've driven so many long distance trips, I tolerate it slightly better... but given a choice, I nearly always choose to be a passenger. If airplanes were cheaper, I'd definitely be a lot more likely to choose to fly.<br /><br />Though I think I mentioned once before that I'd be leery of a car driving me (unless it were on predetermined roads or routes, like a personal monorail)... oddly if there were a human at the wheel, I'd feel much better. Odd, yes. I guess I'm still stuck thinking humans are much better dealing with randomness on the open road.<br /><br />What I really want is much further away... a transporter! Everything would be so much easier. No traffic jams, no flat tires, no licensing. And I could deal with a computer sending over bits of my body to another location, because the computer would be in a controlled environment.enoreply@blogger.com