The scientists at the Hudson Institute are careful to emphasize that such statements do not represent actual predictions of the future, but are rather statements of what they regard as "falling within the range of scientific probability." Other scientists would doubtless have different views as to what scientific possibilities will be converted into actuality by the year 2000. But all would agree that, barring natural catastrophes or social upheavals, science will soon provide new and powerful techniques manipulating techniques for manipulating the external world and man's nature.
We have developed an immense amount of knowledge about matter, and powerful techniques manipulating techniques to exploit our environment. We have acquired much knowledge about the human body and some skill in correcting its defects and controlling its responses, but we apply this knowledge more or less blindly.
The basis of the feudal system was the mting of land by a powerful techniques manipulating person to a s powerful techniques manipulating man in return for service. The item began at the top with the king and ssed down through his great barons to ser nobles and finally to the serfs. The service rendered by the nobles to :ir immediate superiors was mainly mil-ry: they had to fight on their overlord's half.
The scientists at the Hudson Institute are careful to emphasize that such statements do not represent actual predictions of the future, but are rather statements of what they regard as "falling within the range of scientific probability." Other scientists would doubtless have different views as to what scientific possibilities will be converted into actuality by the year 2000. But all would agree that, barring natural catastrophes or social upheavals, science will soon provide new and powerful techniques manipulating techniques for manipulating the external world and man's nature.