Hey, if you want to waste precious resources investigating something that will have absolutely no impact on humanity, then go ahead. I was just stating my opinion. I don't look down on anyone because they do. I just think it is pointless.

Well, if I actually found someone who really mattered, I would seriously consider it....

Refuting any current belief system still really changes nothing. Sure, it will have some social impact, but nothing that will change my life. Biological/medical science already can result in better health for everyone, without knowing the details of origin.

I love science. But developing theories or how life came to be when we have absolutely no definitive way of knowing the original conditions is not science. And I prefer that great windbags of ego forget about people like me. It makes it a lot easier for me......

Well, I realize that a larger screen offers a larger viewing area, but the reason people buy them is totally different. The vast majority of people I know who own an Iphone or Galaxy maxi-phone ( as you so eloquently describe them) never use it to do anything but make phone calls, text, check email, take pictures and play music. That's it. I can do all of that on a much smaller device that has little or no bling potential and actually serves a useful purpose to me. Hey, I don't care what u use, I jut just being judgmental and close-minded in an effort to make the clock tick a little faster.....

Well, depending on your criteria, I may already be a threat to humanity.....or is it that humanity is a threat to me? I need nicotine, but these patches really taste bad when u light them

There is not a human being alive or dead that I would trust with that knowledge.

It is. Especially when I read the replies to my post.....

Oh no. Pawnstars has nothing on irate, egotistical /.er's......

Well, I for one don't really care about the exact details of how we came to be. If we were to suddenly discover the exact mechanism, it changes nothing. I still have to work, pay taxes and die....

Well, for getting sound to your ears, there is always bluetooth and speech-to-text could do for texting, or you could use a small bluetooth keypad....

I am ready to see the smart phone go the way of the do-do. I am waiting for cell-phone watches to move along a bit. Small, unobtrusive, out-of-sight. Big smart-phones are the equivalent of bling......they look cool, but don't really add anything to my life except another toy to have to replace when it is sat upon, dropped or stolen. They are kind of like the equivalent of sports cars. "Look at my phone. Imagine how big my genitalia must be..." meh...

I do give them props for at least trying something differently. However, when there is govt. money tied to it, it is going to be changing real quick. And more than likely not for the better. With that govt. money comes a lot of govt. oversight. I don't believe the politicians and various other dumb-asses in our govt. can keep their hands/noses out of it and morphing it into just another mill. It is was all privately funded by corps, I think the odds would be a little more favorable, but not much. It's too bad we as a society always associate wealth as a sign of intelligence and wisdom.

Oh yes, of course!! I forgot that everyone should be able to know what is happening in every room of my house just to make sure I don't do anything that would offend anyone else at any given moment of my life. One of the consequences of a free society is that sometimes you will be offended. Period. If you don't like that idea, there is a plethora of communists and dictators that would absolutely LOVE to have you come live in their country. Then all of you can march along the same line and all hold the same opinion. I realize that this idea is attractive to some folks because it relieves them of alot of decision making and introspection. It is so much easier to just do what you are told.....