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nm420 · Jun 12, 2006, 10:30 am

Sounds a little far-fetched to progress from treating narcolepsy and having metal feet to humans with gills or retractable adamantium wrist blades, but then I suppose people who dreamed of a flying machine were deemed crazy by the mainstream, not so long ago. If "rights" and "freedom" are still existent concepts by the time our technology allows such enhancements, I think it's kind of a no-brainer. Do you have the right to do what you want with your own body? Theoretically, yes, but the idea sounds as far-fetched as underwater-breathing humans, perhaps even moreso. A society where humans were free to do as they please to their own person without fear of the thoughtpolice kicking their door down...Sigh.

This brings to mind the inanity of Sealab 2021's pilot, "I, Robot". I think I'd choose to remain "human" and fight off all the mutant robots in the Great Robot War. I like my body just as it is, and any changes I'd like to make to it I can perform myself, short of an appendectomy or brain surgery. But I might be changing my tune if I could slap on a set of gills and flippers...

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nm420 Skeptical believer Location: da UP, Michigan Posts: 279	Sounds a little far-fetched to progress from treating narcolepsy and having metal feet to humans with gills or retractable adamantium wrist blades, but then I suppose people who dreamed of a flying machine were deemed crazy by the mainstream, not so long ago. If "rights" and "freedom" are still existent concepts by the time our technology allows such enhancements, I think it's kind of a no-brainer. Do you have the right to do what you want with your own body? Theoretically, yes, but the idea sounds as far-fetched as underwater-breathing humans, perhaps even moreso. A society where humans were free to do as they please to their own person without fear of the thoughtpolice kicking their door down...Sigh. This brings to mind the inanity of Sealab 2021's pilot, "I, Robot". I think I'd choose to remain "human" and fight off all the mutant robots in the Great Robot War. I like my body just as it is, and any changes I'd like to make to it I can perform myself, short of an appendectomy or brain surgery. But I might be changing my tune if I could slap on a set of gills and flippers... nm420 "In this age, the mere example of nonconformity, the mere refusal to bend the knee to custom, is itself a service. --John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)