Has this already been discussed?

I've been, up until very recently, on the "scam" side of the isle with this debate.......

A few folks have been trying to educate me in the other direction. What are everyone's thoughts on this?

It seems to me that, laying aside the politics ( I know, admin/mods - politics a no no) the science is compelling in favor of the idea.

Really has me wondering what kind of world we will be living in within the next 100 years, if the hardcore theories surrounding this are true.