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[–] oyfrog@lemmy.world 6 points 5 days ago

Selfishly, as a biologist, I would like to see:

  • Reconciliation of rates of evolution that scales from microevolution to macroevolution
  • Accurate/reasonable estimation of lineage death rates for macroevolutionary diversification analysis
  • (extension of previous) Reasonably estimate fossilization probability for (more) accurate clade age estimates
  • Moving beyond phylogenetic trees (phylogenetic networks are a step in the right direction I think)

As a citizen of Earth, I would like to see:

  • Actual plastic recycling that dramatically reduces the need for virgin petro-chemicals
  • A 3D printer beyond plastics (I think this kind of a thing, but I would like it to scale for consumers and industry)
  • A less massive battery that can be used for commercial flight
  • Better earthquake detection

As a person who enjoys knee-deep sci-fi, I would like to see:

  • FTL travel
  • Futurama style heads-in-a-jar
  • A Dyson sphere or swarm
  • A hyperloop

As a (frustrated) scientist I would like to see:

  • Society move beyond "societal utility" of scientific studies/discovery and embrace "science for the sake of science"