In terms of Exploration which has had the most success
2006-09-09 07:03:00 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Machines can operate in hostile environments and humans are fragile, however we have achieved many goals without relying on machines, but in terms of space exploration we seem lost compared to machines, are we losing our place and becoming slaves to machines, eg could first contact be with a machine?
2006-09-09 07:09:32 · update #1
Are we now saying then that machines work at a level of symbyosis with humans, and we cannot manage to advance without them, it feels like there is a direction here but what is it.....for example, we will spend billions on maintainig machines while half the world starves, are we not putting machines before mankind..he says using a machine to communicate over great distances...lol
2006-09-09 21:20:17 · update #2
typo,'maintaining'
2006-09-09 21:23:27 · update #3
It's not unreasonable to believe that there are other intelligent life forms in the universe.
It is very likely that we will never meet them in person because they are so very, very far away, and the time required to visit them or to have them visit us is prohibitive.
It is possible to build a robot deep-space probe with no moving parts that would have a theoretical life expectancy of millions of years. Such a probe might find us, if they sent it; or it might find them if we sent it.
Therefore it seems quite reasonable that a deep space probe from another galactic cluster, homing on our radio and TV broadcasts, could find us and make contact. It could say, "we are here; this is what we look like; this is our music, our literature, our art, and our science."
We, of course, have been sending pictures of ourselves and our girlfriends for them to find for decades. We have sent phonograph records, digital images, and our genetic blueprints. So others might have done the same. We have not yet tried an "intelligent" (computer controlled) exploratory probe, but they may have done so.
It is also not unreasonable to imagine that the thing is inoculated with an alien microbe that will kill everybody on earth in 24 hours.
Pleasant dreams!
2006-09-09 07:39:49 · answer #1 · answered by aviophage 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Interesting proposistion in the second part of your question, however first contact with a machine seems a little impersonal. If you're gonna say hi may as well do it person, but i can see your logic.
We are losing our place as explorers to machines, but in the wider context wasn't it a machine that took Columbus to the Americas, albiet a very primitive one compared to todays technology.
An author once wrote that the body is an elaborate tool that the mind made to manipulate the environment. It could be said that our minds haven't stopped growing extensions, and that our technology is that extension. Thus is it such a bad thing to let our probes do the exploring while we are safe in our atmosphere?
2006-09-09 07:40:14 · answer #2 · answered by themanwithnoname 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It can't possibly be a machine and not only for the simple reason that WE invented THEM. You set a machine a task and it does it better than a human or in some cases it does things we can't do, that's why we invented them. But they never question if what it's doing is right or whether it can be done better. For example, you would never get a machine asking this question would you? We are far superior as we have the intelligence to question. I really need to rant far more to explain myself properly but I hope you get the gist of what I mean.
2006-09-09 07:18:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
man has been exploring for millennia without the machine. His efforts were great and the rewards small. As man explored he gained knowledge that one day would lead to the inventions man has come to rely on. The motor engine, the computer, the aeroplane and finally the space rocket. Man has used machinery to explore the depths of the ocean and the summits of mountains, not to mention lunar landings. Man has benefited from his inventions they have allowed him to go beyond his wildest dreams but there would be no machines without man. No other living organism is or was capable of creating such intricate designs. I think man without machines would have continued to exlore. Machines on the other hand would not have been created without man and without man they would have undertaken no exploration.
2006-09-09 07:26:10 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
In the context of your question you are calling the scout the master... The Machine is doing our exploration for us it is not exploring on its own under its own will,
So your answer is Human, through the use of technology...
2006-09-09 10:17:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Depends entirely on one's definition of success. Machine exploration is safer and cheaper, but ultimately one would like to have shoes on dirt to get a real sense of what is there.
2006-09-09 07:06:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
machine definately due to higher tolerances but surely the machines are a tool of the human rather than having their own agenda.
2006-09-09 07:06:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Initially I thought " What a dumb question.." but you know what, it isn't and I cannot decide which has had the most success, well done, you are the first one here to really make me think!
2006-09-09 07:11:57 · answer #8 · answered by G Man 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humans.
Where would they (the machines) be without us???? And why would they want to be there, all by themselves?
2006-09-09 07:07:21 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
human by a mile, but i must admit now i think about it,we would not have got there without machines would we,, like boats ect.
2006-09-09 07:06:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋