Maybe it's my festering cynicism, but we've pretty much plateaued in scientific discoveries. Cold fusion and the AI Industrial Revolution may as well be alchemy, and that's not even getting into the madmen playing God by creating airborne rabies or some shit.
I think it's fair to say science has slowed - the easiest discoveries get made first because they're the easiest - but we are still progressing. We're still making a lot of progress in battery chemistry, for example - we've doubled the energy density in eight years - and we're learning more about quantum dynamics even if we don't have a proven use case yet. And while cold fusion is complete nonsense, if we do crack practical hot fusion that's a civilisation-defining advancement.
Maybe it's my festering cynicism, but we've pretty much plateaued in scientific discoveries. Cold fusion and the AI Industrial Revolution may as well be alchemy, and that's not even getting into the madmen playing God by creating airborne rabies or some shit.
I think it's fair to say science has slowed - the easiest discoveries get made first because they're the easiest - but we are still progressing. We're still making a lot of progress in battery chemistry, for example - we've doubled the energy density in eight years - and we're learning more about quantum dynamics even if we don't have a proven use case yet. And while cold fusion is complete nonsense, if we do crack practical hot fusion that's a civilisation-defining advancement.