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Holy Crap Guys: or, How We Will All Be Cyborgs By 2030
himynameisjulien:
Laziness, not necessity, is the mother of invention. I predict that we'll turn out exactly like the humans in WALL-E pretty soon.
Seriousness begins.
I think stem cell research should be researched before moving to nanotechnology. What if someone whose name happens to be Liquid takes control of everyone's nanobots and kills them?
Screw controversiality in this line of research; if the United States can have an offshore base to torture people legally, then we can do the same with stem cell research. I bet more people are against torture than stem cell research; if not, something is seriously wrong. Besides, we can get true stem cell medicines up within the next decade, while it'll take a while to replace out internal organs with machines. It wouldn't work, as well; it would have to be done on every newborn; if it's going to take that much effort for maybe another year of life, then why do it? There are more important things to focus on, that are happening now, not in 2030. Global warming, rebuilding the economy, etc.
ViolentDove:
Stem cell research is legal in the U.S.
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying.
himynameisjulien:
--- Quote from: ViolentDove on 16 Jul 2008, 00:27 ---
Stem cell research is legal in the U.S.
I'm not sure I understand what you're saying.
--- End quote ---
Sorry, I am slightly tired. It took me five tries to type 'tired'.
I was trying to say that it is an area of controversiality, especially among Christians. Since most of the nation is Christian, it makes it slightly difficult to produce medicines containing stem cells. To me, it seems similar to the Kansas-is-putting-creationism-in-science-class controversy.
If people allow the gov't to torture people by doing nothing about it, then they should not complain about stem cell research harming unborn babies, who can't even feel yet.
waterloosunset:
I remember reading of this man over here who after an injury, got a computer chip in his arm to replace some damaged nerves!! Now THAT's a cyborg. Apparently he wants even more "upgrades" as they seem to work better than our own fleshy matter. I'll try and find the story later today, can't be bothered right now.
johnny5:
i think i was in the future
it was called metal gear solid (4)
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