Global warming, the Iraq war, economic woes, fears of terrorism and now, just when it appeared things couldn’t get any worse, astronomers predict the Sun and Earth along with it will be hurled into deep space when our galaxy collides with a neighboring galaxy.
“The evolution of the universe is described by the physics of general relativity, which was discovered by Albert Einstein in the early 20th century. When compared to Newtonian physics, this theory provides a radically different framework for the physical description of the gravitational force.”
In the year 2020, Luddite terrorists attack technology infrastructure and artificial intelligences dominate earth. Or at least that’s what 700 experts predict in the latest Pew poll. Is the future really going to be like a science fiction movie? Ars Technica examines the scenarios presented in the poll and makes humorous Star Trek comparisons.