If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!
Nathan MyhrvoldSuppose that every prospective parent in the world stopped having children naturally, and instead produced clones of themselves. What would the world be like in another 20 or 30 years? The answer is: much like today. Cloning would only copy the genetic aspects of people who are already here.
Nathan MyhrvoldThe physics of water is central to cooking, because food is mostly water. All steak that you cook is actually boiled on the inside.
Nathan MyhrvoldIt is better to predict dramatic things that don't happen than boring things that do.
Nathan Myhrvold