We are, in essence, becoming them by our advance computing power. The most advanced computers that we have to day, the robots of to day, they have the wisdom and intelligence of a cockroach. In 200 years, the robots will be smart enough to remove the chip. They'll clever enough to realize that there's a defect in their hardware. Than what are we going to do? Because, of course, intelligence is in some sense open ended. At that point, i think we should merge with them. And of course, the immortal as a consequence of that, and will be able to explore the universe as immortal beings or digitized beings.
Synthesizing relativity and quantum theory would be the crowning achievement of science, a profound merging of all the forces of nature into one beautiful, magnificent equation to unlock the deepest mysteries in science. In this episode, Michael Shermer speaks with professor of theoretical physics Michio Kaku about: the Big Bang, black holes, worm holes, the multiverse, time travel, dark energy and dark matter, gravity, string theory, ETIs, meaning, and God.