Originally Posted by
nathanbforrest45
You are exactly right. Anything we can dream we can create. The moral and ethical portion is irrelevant to the discussion. Morals and Religion will take care of those. As far as practical, if it isn't practical then it won't happen. About 40 years ago the first video phones were created. You could call someone and see them talking to you and vice versa. That went no where because at the time it was expensive, bulky and people were not ready for the change in mores. Today, we have Skype, Video Conferencing and a host of other communications options. I remember when books were on computer like devices and the consensus of opinion was no one wanted those things. It took another 20 or 30 years for Nook and other brands to become popular, so popular the printed word is all but extinct today.
Furthermore, almost every discovery has created a host of naysayers who believe it will cause cancer or boils on the liver or an increase in illegitimate children or Trump voters. The world is full of Luddites but it is also full of Leonardo DiVinci's who when asked Why? Answer "Why Not?
Your last line is perplexing "We need to do it just because we think we can". Why to you is that a bad thing? Who is to decide what advances or new products will hit the market or move mankind forward? So elite government agency created to make those decisions?
Mankind and progress cannot be stopped. It can only be destroyed.