[…] During last year’s World Science Festival, we covered a really interesting panel called Battlestar Galactica: Cyborgs on the Horizon, which included a […]

Incredible report! I love the discussion about the stem-cell transfusion, and especially what spawned that particular storyline (as well as Mary’s talk about Baltar). Also was excited to see what was said about the genocide plot.

“The researchers then removed one of the robot’s four limbs, and Dr. Lipson described how the robot became aware that its limb was missing and even adapted to walk with a limp This elicited sounds of sympathy from both the audience and Mary McDonnell until both the audience and Ms. McDonnell realized we were sympathizing for a machine. If this doesn’t show how the very blurred the line has become, I’m not sure what does!”

That’s fascinating. The idea that we’re so on the verge of the “sci-fi” world is kind of terrifying when you consider that this sort of thing isn’t common knowledge and the general public has so little say over what’s happening.

Thanks so much for the great report! Wish I could have been there, the event sounds incredible.

Wow. Really interesting report. It’s quite amazing the events that BSG has been involved in the last 12 months; the U.N. and now this. Impressive. The technology discussed sounds quite simply amazing – I can understand why “jaws-dropped2. Just a shame there were no popportunities to take photos.