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Space Historian Sees Cyborgs in Our Future
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| 15 February 2007
| Leonard David
Posted on 02/15/2007 7:41:09 AM PST by jmcenanly
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To: freedomson
I, for one, welcome our new cyborg overlords if they look like Caprica Six... Or Grace Park. Either one will do.
To: Lee'sGhost
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:17:51 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(Drop pork bombs on the Islamofascist wankers. Praise the Lord and pass the hammunition.)
To: Enterprise
There was a time that I would have made the usual snide remarks, such as her real name is Two of Thirty Six, she has Borg implants, or any number of musings on her assimilation techniques. I'm far too mature for that now, though.
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:21:50 AM PST
by
Squawk 8888
(Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
To: roostercashews
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:21:53 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(Drop pork bombs on the Islamofascist wankers. Praise the Lord and pass the hammunition.)
To: Squawk 8888
I would have nominated her to be the cantaloupe queen.
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:25:18 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(Drop pork bombs on the Islamofascist wankers. Praise the Lord and pass the hammunition.)
To: jmcenanly
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:25:33 AM PST
by
VRWCmember
(Everyone is entitled to my opinion.)
To: Enterprise
To: Enterprise
Personally I think the one on the bottom (in combat gear) is hotter than the skanky looking one on top. (Dang I sure hope the one on top isn't your wife or daughter or sister after I just called her skanky looking.)
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:28:52 AM PST
by
VRWCmember
(Everyone is entitled to my opinion.)
To: Petronski; cyborg
I know Petronski is a space cadet, but I did not know he was a space historian!
( runs like heck) :o)
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:30:18 AM PST
by
tiredoflaundry
(Where did I park my car????? Oh no!)
To: beethovenfan
You're already there. Artificial hips, cochlear implants, artificial limbs with a rudimentary sense of touch, pacemakers. Cyborgs haven't really been "the future" for a while.
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:30:18 AM PST
by
discostu
(Feed her some hungry reggae, she'll love you twice)
To: VRWCmember
("Dang I sure hope the one on top isn't your wife or daughter or sister after I just called her skanky looking.)" Oh, I don't think that's going to happen in this lifetime. :^)
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:31:28 AM PST
by
Enterprise
(Drop pork bombs on the Islamofascist wankers. Praise the Lord and pass the hammunition.)
To: Enterprise
To: jmcenanly
Could the differences of gravity, radiation exposure mean those children would be unable to return to Earth?
That depends. Are we talking Cosmic rays or Gamma rays.
These things make a difference. ...
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:32:54 AM PST
by
Tanniker Smith
(For the children and the flowers are my sisters and my brothers . . .)
To: Lee'sGhost
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:47:16 AM PST
by
jmcenanly
(Do not handicap your children by making their lives easy. -- Robert A. Heinlein)
To: jmcenanly
Good morning.
"Many people now have these devices..."
My heart beats at a low normal rate because of a device implanted in my chest with two leads embedded into the heart muscle and I've got other devices to make up for the damage done to my ears by exposure to too much noise when I was young.
My late friend had the pacemaker, two artificial knees and one artificial shoulder, along with hearing aids, glasses and replacement teeth. He was still functioning until the day he dropped. I would say he came close to being a cyborg.
Michael Frazier
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:47:21 AM PST
by
brazzaville
(no surrender no retreat, well, maybe retreat's ok)
To: tiredoflaundry; Graybeard58; Petronski
Well I know when he starts offering me beer, I get a little suspicious of his motives :D
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:50:35 AM PST
by
cyborg
(No I don't miss the single life at all.)
To: discostu
Right now, such technologies are in their infancy. Mere shadows of the faculties they replace.
Where things will get interesting is when the replacements exceed the capabilities of the originals, or expand our capabilities beyond anything our biology can do currently.
This Alpha Point is coming soon. I, for one, am looking forward to it.
Yes, the potential for abuse is there. So? Because some people abuse driving cars, should we outlaw automobiles? Same difference here.
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posted on
02/15/2007 8:52:10 AM PST
by
Dead Corpse
(Anyone who needs to be persuaded to be free, doesn't deserve to be.)
To: cyborg
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posted on
02/15/2007 9:05:37 AM PST
by
tiredoflaundry
(Where did I park my car????? Oh no!)
To: Dead Corpse
Definitely it's still early, primarily focused on replacing failing body parts with stuff that is barely functional. But it's going to get better.
I think the first voluntary modification will be the cochlear implant. As the software that drives the thing improves it won't be long before people can get better fidelity with those than a normally functioning ear. At that point I expect people in the music industry, especially the engineering side of the music industry though some performers too, to get them so they can do their job better.
I'm with you, I'm for it. My primary negative concern is that I can see this as a major driving force behind increased socialism. As people start being able to learn via implants or improve the performance of their body there will be a big wave of people complaining that it's "not fair" overall life improvements are only available to the rich (because at first it will be, like any new inbound technology it's going to have a hefty price tag), and that's going to drive some sort of ill considered government program. It'll make job interviews interesting too, do you prefer the guy with the kickass implant that allows him to "know" absolutely everything about your industry without having learned anything or the guy that actually reads books and might not know as much but will still be able to do his job without a chip?
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posted on
02/15/2007 9:07:58 AM PST
by
discostu
(Feed her some hungry reggae, she'll love you twice)
To: Enterprise
Glad to see someone has their priorities straight.
Txs.
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posted on
02/15/2007 9:15:34 AM PST
by
Lee'sGhost
(Crom! Non-Sequitur = Pee Wee Herman.)
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