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Alice's dilemma.(singularity)

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From: Futures
Date: 20040201
Author:de Magalhaes, Joao Pedro

Abstract

Mathematician Lewis Carroll used Alice's adventures in wonderland to introduce what may happen in the singularity of a black hole. Physicists still debate whether the singularity is a window to another universe, like Alice's minor, or a deadly trap. Although we are not endangered by black holes, we may soon face another type of singularity, one derived from an overwhelming scientific progress. Extrapolating from last century's scientific progress, this century will be marked by unprecedented technological breakthroughs. As technologies allow for greater increases in ...

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