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Will life really be like this in 2058?

         Will life really be like this in 2058?

  Think of all the changes that have taken place over the past ten years. Some scientists like myself firmly believe that the next fifty years or so will be fascinating to people of all ages. We will all see and experience things we could never have dreamed about even ten years ago.

  Firstly, one prediction is that we will have a limitless supply of spare body parts and organs. There will be farms to produce human organs and the medicine of today will seem primitive and crude. There will be no need to transplant organs because they will be ‘available to order’ from the farm as long as the patient’s medical profile is on record. For example, if someone needs a new kiedney, the surgeon will simply contact a commercial organ producer and ask for one. One organ that won’t be available, however, is the brain! This is far too complex and we understand so little about it that we don’t think it will be as easy to massproduce as other organs.

  Another way forward is to use drugs to re-grow lost limbs like fingers and toes or to regenerate failing organs. Already heart regeneration is a real probability: after all, it is only a muscle. Maybe a whole body replacement will become routine in fifty years’ time. It is almost certain that we will all live much longer.

  Secondly, although we have not yet found any life beyond Earth, the universe is certain not lifeless. Some experts believe that we will find neighbours in other galaxies out in space. We may not see ‘little green men’ but once evidence of life in outter space is found, other discoveries will follow. Some scientists think that tiny extraterrestrial life is already here.

  We should also be able to find out exactly how the Earth was formed. We can explain with confidence what happened in the universe after the ‘big bang’ 14 billion years ago, but what we don’t know is whether the big bang which produced the Earth was one of many. Maybe, in the next fifty years, we will find out. As science reveals the mysteries of the universe humans will take their first steps to set up colonies away from Earth. It seems likely that there will be new colonies on other planets like Mars, just in case anything terrible happens to the Earth and the population has to relocate.

  Finally, one famous fishery expert has made the wild prediction that a device will be developed which allows us to ‘experience the momentary and inarticulate thoughts of animals’. Such a device might help to save the oceans from exploitation by humans. We might even see humans giving up eating meat to become vegetarians if we find out how animals think and feel.

  So, as you can see, we have a fascinating period ahead of us. Only time will tell whether all these predicitions about the future do come true.

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