If the brain is given the ability to connect to the internet(or whatever the internet becomes at that point) there could potentially be serious problems aka I don't want to be a borg ): |
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I read today that heart transplants are becoming quite obsolete. They never really worked properly; 10% of people die very quickly because their bodies reject them, and many more develop cancers and die. The number of donors has also plummeted recently. Many are therefore turning to the possibility of mechanical pumps. |
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If the brain is given the ability to connect to the internet(or whatever the internet becomes at that point) there could potentially be serious problems aka I don't want to be a borg ): |
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I live in your philosophy and religion forums.
What would the problems be? Is freedom of information not a pinnacle of our modern morals? |
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Yeah, but then that would negate the whole point of medical intervention in the first place; might as well let nature kill people. |
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True. |
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This shit never happens to me
And then we're back to the other paradox; transhumanism is just an extension of the basic morals of medicine which we've taken to be true for centuries. Everybody has a right to continue living if they want to, providing the technology is available. |
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I thought my statement "and I don't want to be a borg ):" made it obvious enough what I was talking about. |
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I live in your philosophy and religion forums.
Not if it interferes with the others who are willing to live. |
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This shit never happens to me
Maybe if we colonized mars we could turn it into a retirement home. Or better yet, just TELL people we made mars into a retirement home, and on your 30th birthday you get "sent there" but actually they just kill you. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
30 is a bit young isnt it? |
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Last edited by Tyler; 11-02-2008 at 10:23 PM.
This shit never happens to me
Keep talking, we'll just bump up your flight sooner. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
lulz. |
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This shit never happens to me
Hmm, I think I'd be willing to replace just about everything for borg shit except my brain and my digestive system. Maybe upgrade those, though. I want a faster metabolism. |
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Until the field of nano-robotics is perfected, biological organs will have many advantages over mechanical ones; most notably self repair, adaptation and growth. Anyone with a mechanical heart will not be able to improve their cardiovascular system through working out. No matter how much they improve their lung capacity through running or biking, their 'heart' will always pump the same amount of blood without costly upgrades. Also, as of right now, most artificial implants have a life span of only about 5 years. A normal human heart will rebuild itself for as long as the body lives. |
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The ability to happily respond to any adversity is the divine.
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Read Asimov's Bicentennial Man, and think about his final legal argument... only backwards. |
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