Science and the world of tomorrow, if you could obtain physical upgrades, would you do it?
In the future (if you were there) science and medicine allows man to upgrade physically and mentally to a point, such as you could have an implant to allow you to see as if you had binoculars but without them, have night vision, or infrared, have hearing where you can hear a whisper at 200 yards, have artificial muscle that can increase your strength 30 to 80% depending on your body, or implants that will allow you to store 24t of memory as if you had a photographic memory, if you could would you obtain any or several of those abilities? If they were too pricey for you, would you feel envy or disdain for those who did get the upgrades?
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I would consider a downgrade. life is no fun being so great. The only challenge is to avoid confrontation until I get paid. I could use a shorter height.
4 or more hours without Viagra?? YOU BETCHA!
Without any thought: Yes. Honestly, I’d take something as simple as “generally healthy.”
As for the tail-end of your question, I think most people feel envy or disdain for those who get any kind of “upgrade.” In my opinion, some of the grumbling is justified, and some of it is just plain selfishness and insecurity.
part of me says let nature kill off us meatbags off, but the other part says “gimme new organs, please.”
I would replace bad parts, but be reluctant to change too much. Need like 3 livers on retainer…If Trump wins, I’ll need way more livers and some new hearts.
After tax season I could use a new asshole.
Yes if they offered some kind of vitality upgrade. You know like feeling 30 again instead of 60+.
Absolutely! If is wasn’t too expensive. I already use technology to augment my capabilities. I use binoculars and night vision equipment to see distant objects and in the dark. I use power tools to give me added strength. I use microphones and amplifiers to hear quiet sounds.
I’d really like something that uses stem cells to grow back surgically removed tissue. I’d pay a lot for that.
Yes, hell already doing some of this. Personally I had lasik to take my horrible vision and make it nearly perfect.
No.
Why would I need all of that?
Seriously, why would you need to see infrared light and hear whispers?
Also, we already have gadgets and equipment for all that you listed here, except for the muscles.
Just because you can does not mean you should and need to do something.
every tool, every machine, every gadget, from simple spectacles, drills, cranes, to smartphones, they are all upgrades. grafting them to the body permanently is only a trivial step.
I’ll take some feet that don’t hurt tomorrow.
And some eyes that don’t need to be augmented by eyeglasses.
Other than that I’m pretty good.
@Sneki95 “Seriously, why would you need to see infrared light and hear whispers?” Oh man! You need to hang out in my woods! Having tools like that helps you understand nature!
In total darkness with a thermal imager I’ve watched animals skulking around and following me as I walked through the trees. I can see where a deer bedded down or a coyote leaned against a tree because the surface is 0.05 C warmer than ambient. I can see occupied bird nests and watch squirrels running through the trees looking for food.
It is an awesome experience.
I agree with @ragingloli We are already upgrading ourselves. We just need to remember to carry the tools – and batteries
I have an acoustic frequency shifter that listens in the ultrasonic region, 20kHz to 70kHz, and digitally shifts it down to the audio range of 1 kHz to 3.5 kHz. At night I can go out, aim it at the sky, and hear bat sonar as they fly around hunting bugs. You can hear the pulses speed up as they lock onto a target. You can hear the tones of different bats and sometimes recognize individuals. That is so much fun!
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Yeah, but why do you need to change your body for that? Just get the equipment that can provide you what you want.
I understand what you say, it must be an awesome thing to explore nature and what you wrote truly seems interesting and fun, but I don’t see the need to change your body for it. Just use the tools we already have.
I could have that power added for a low cost I’d have it with me all the time. No need to carry anything. It would be ready when I wanted it. A pull on an ear lobe and I could hear bats. A twist of a nipple and I can see thermal images. A pull on a finger and…. ;-)
As has been said above, we already do it. From glasses to lasik, hearing aids that disappear into the ear, Steroids to improve muscle, dental implants, there’s no end to what we’re willing to do. I haven’t even started on the personal appearance upgrades. As for whether or not you can afford it, just make the government pay for it. Maybe we could call it a right.
^ Please don’t compare cosmetic or elective surgeries to real healthcare.
^ Why not? The lines are already blurred.
Surely even you must be able to recognize the difference between the care that saves lives or restores quality of life and super human upgrades.
Even me, huh? I think you may be giving me more credit than I deserve. Let’s check it out. If you want to have casual sex but don’t want anyone to get pregnant, real health care or elective? If you want a penis added or deleted, real health care or elective?
A heart to replace the defective one I was born with.
Sure. I have a few parts that could use replacement, make life a little easier, get more done in a day. The older I get, the more curious I become about how certain things turn out and I’d like to be there to see them either come to fruition or not. I really want to hang around for awhile more. I’m still interested. Then there is the added satisfaction of outliving certain people. It’s a game some of us old guys like to play.
Birth control ultimately saves the taxpayer money in reduced need to support unwanted children. Transgender people who do not transition are 9 times more likely to commit suicide than the general population, so yes, that is a life-saving surgery.
We’re going to derail the thread at this rate. Ask a separate question if you want to continue discussion.
@Mariah – I used those example because both are intended to make the body perform differently than it was designed to perform. There may be psychological or societal reasons for altering or enhancing the performance of the human body but we are already altering it and we are already making the government pay for those alterations.
We are? Shit, I payed cash for my vasectomy.
@Sneki95 Seriously, why would you need to see infrared light and hear whispers?
It can be used in many ways widgets of man cannot help. If you were across the room you could have a conversation with another having that ability, such as if you were with a group of people at the theater and your friend 5 chairs down got ill and had to leave they can just whisper they have to leave and you could hear them and they do not have to pass the message down the line by others or text you on your phone which might be disruptive for the other viewers. If you are on vacation, you could hear the plans of some people planning to mug or cheat you before they do it. If you had an implant that allowed you to see a gnat at 200 years, if you are out hiking or jogging in a rustic area you could see a bear in the path or near it maybe 300 yards away before you ever stumbled upon it. There are many ways to use it, better than jogging with a pair of binoculars.
^ Do ya really wants some more <salavating at the mouth>
Already dined on some, served by yourself right here
They got your order wrong…..get your money back ~~
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