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Originally Posted by polak
Yeah I think I am.
Are you saying that we've taken care of all of the low hanging fruit?
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Exactly.We've created elegant, simple theories in physics and biology that probably can't be improved upon. Who can beat Darwin or particle physics? We know they are true. Anything further has shown to be minor tweaks or ironic (like superstring theory) speculation. Advances are diminishing, and hype is increasing.
Even the current hype regarding gene therapy's role in curing this baby of cancer-we know for a fact that claims for biomedical advances are false or very exaggerated. We might just be at the limits.