Cloudscape

The mind is like a lamp in the dark. If there were no-one to see the world, there would be no sight, there would be no light.

As any system inherently controls itself, any system can also inherently be controlled: we need only to know how it controls itself to control it. There must be some interaction between the system and part of the rest of the universe as the existence of the system would otherwise not be relevant. By controlling that part of the universe we could control that interaction, and in this way, interact with this system. If we find out how to do this, we can fully control the system, and any phenomenon that is part of it. With that knowledge, we can control anything. The only barrier to omnipotence, then, would be a barrier to omniscience. It follows that anything in the universe can be controlled, merely because the universe itself can control itself, and we are part of that universe. If it is connected to our universe, it can be controlled - if it isn't connected to our universe, it doesn't really exist to us. There is therefore no limit to what we can achieve except for the limit to what the universe itself can achieve - that is, the limit to what exists in the universe. If the complexity of the universe is infinite, so the complexity of our knowledge of it will become, and therefore so will the complexity of our technology. The idea that there is no limit to technology is known as the sans ceiling hypothesis. For a discussion on whether or not the universe can be infinite in complexity, see the Infinity Principle: http://cloudscape.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/04/28/the-infinity-principle.html Related entries, on the eventual "theosis" (deification) of intelligent species such as ourselves: http://cloudscape.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/04/28/god-theory-part-i-analytical.html http://cloudscape.blogspirit.com/archive/2008/04/28/the-god-theory-part-ii-holistic.html