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LIVE TED Conversation: Join TED Speaker Sean Carroll

LIVE conversation with cosmologist Sean Carroll, TEDxCaltech Speaker and author of From Eternity to Here: The Quest for the Ultimate Theory of Time.

The conversation will open at 4pm (Eastern Standard Time), May 19, 2011. Sean is on vacation in Las Vagas, and will join us from his hotel room there to discuss the cosmos, the nature of time, and the science of poker.

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Thanks for participating, everyone! I hope some light was shed. It's been a pleasure chatting with the TED community.

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  • Enrique Zepeda

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    May 19 2011: Hi prof Carroll, I'm a futurist person, always thinking about the future and trying to imagine it, my question would be, humans will eventually live in other planets, how much time would it take and which planet would be chosen? I know biology is not your area, but will humans be genetically modified for the planet or the other way around?

    Thanks!
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      May 19 2011: Too far outside my domain for me to give a reliable answer, I'm afraid. I do suspect that in the not-too-distant future we will experience great advances in biological engineering and modification, as well as human/mechanical interfaces. Unfortunately, planets outside our Solar System are so far away that getting to them is not a near-future prospect.

      • Enrique Zepeda

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        May 19 2011: So you think that even with biological modification, humans will never live in a planet inside the solar system?

        Thanks!
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          May 19 2011: You mean "outside"? I don't say "never" about almost anything, as there's so much we don't currently know.

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