Gothic_J

what are your thots on this website and the gene modifciation and cybernetics it suggests?

personally, Im all for it. I *love* the idea of speeding up our evolution. only human? never again.

Rusting Car Bumper

The desire or need to "speed up" evolution strikes me as superstitiously religious. The idealistic goal of working for some super-state of human living, be that through getting to heaven, a socialist utopia, or manipulating human genetics seems to be all of the same ilk of not being satisfied with happiness and good which can be made here on earth.

DC

Gothic_J

Im not stating happiness is not unattainable without it, of course. Im extremely happy with my life, and have no implants or free market genes.

I merely consider improvement of both self and of species a high priority - why not evolve? why not improve? we are better then we were 100, 200, or 500 yrs ago, and why not let it continue? why *shouldnt* everyone be superhuman by today;s standards?

it is humanity's gift to ask why, and in the so doing, we acquire the next level of technology - applied understanding. I wish humanity to open every door and know every secret. religion is not a part of it - it is simple monkey curiousity.

faust

WHERE ARE THE FLYING CARS!!!!

Gothic_J

oi vey, all you kids are the same. we get you flying planes, and you want flying cars. where will it end?

Nostalgic Pushhead

I hate it. Call me old fashioned... but I like being plain old human. In a plain old natural world.

I'm all for genetic therapy to save lives, but trying to extend our lives even farther past the natural age is foolhardy. FOOLHARDY I SAY. Because I'm just old fashioned, or something. Or the thought of designer babies scares the shit out of me.

braces_for_impact

The thought that scares me is that it may not be available to everyone, only those with economic, political, or public clout.

Demosthenes

I go to that site regularly, the idea of modification of the human body to achieve long life, inew abilities, augmented intelligence and all that appeal to me. I love being human but it can be improved

My perspective echos exactly with David Zindell's quote, "A human is an acorn that is unafraid to destroy itself growing into a tree"

Yangja Isuko

fantastic, absolutely. give me my neural link, zoom-enhanced eyes, a 100terrabyte+ HD in my brain (well, preferrably just outside it actually). hell, map my brain into a computer.

and for the people who are scared or oldfashioned and all that, hey, let them have their way. as in, let them stay obsolete. as long as they don't try to prevent us from living our life the way we want to.

Gothic_J

I think it willbe for the rich at first, then everyone - same way as cars or computers.

and, Im making a list of improvments Id like.

ive always wanted to fly