If I was wounded and my life or lifestyle depended on it, sure. If I just won the lottery and I wasn't injured severely, no thanks. I can see why people would want to be physically augmented, but I just wouldn't go with it on a whim.
Well if i was being absolutely unreasonable, then I would heavily augment my brain to be able to outperform just about anything (and have telekinesis!)
but on a serious note: other than using it if I had to have an amputation or a disease. I wouldn't augment anything other than my sight and my hearing, those are my two favourite senses and I'd love to be able to make them MUCH stronger (While being able to control the sensitivity so that I don't explode when someone says hello to me) I consider full augmentations (eg having nearly if not all your limbs replaced and a large part of your internal organs being reconstructed) unless it was absolutely necessary for me to survive.
I am for augmentation, and it would be cool to have one, but no thnx. Voted yes because I'm not against them.
But I've got one question, would someone still be the same person if every part of their body were changed?
This is similar to the "If you replace every part of a ship, is it still the same ship"
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"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."
Michelangelo
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It's super effective!
Pointless thread has fainted!
Humanity is overrated. Must be faster, stronger, smarter.. The body is way to fragile. If a car worked like a human body, it'd have a chance of destroying the engine during a tire change. Then again I'm practical and don't much like having to be bedridden for the rest of my life if my spine is damaged or waiting in a hospital six months for a spare organ from some dead person if one fails.
"Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men." - Jean Rostand
"You have no power over me that I don't give you, and I don't have any power over you than you give me." - Vi Hart
I really do not believe it would be ethical to do so, nor would I feel safe in any way relying completely on a mechanism for my life. If it failed, I would die. There's no way to guarantee that I would be safe and that the machine would be error free.
That's all just as true for your biological "mechanisms". In fact, I'd actually wager that augmentation would prove to be safer in the long run. For example, a "Bio" heart and a "Aug" heart both malfunction and need to be replaced. With a "bio" heart, you would need to wait for a donor heart to be made available, and hope that it would be compatible with you? An "aug" heart, one would just need to go into a storeroom and pull one of the shelf. Also, consider that a lot more quality control and manufacturing standards would go into "aug" devices versus their biological counterparts.
But I've got one question, would someone still be the same person if every part of their body were changed?
This is similar to the "If you replace every part of a ship, is it still the same ship"
The only problem with your analogy is that a ship is a singular, inanimate object, while the body is only one part of what makes up a person, the other part being the programming or "soul", and that is what makes a person who they are. Consider this: If you were to completely and permanently lose all of your memories and personality, do you technically still exist?
Subtle stuff for me. Eye enhancements, maybe a HUD, communicator in the ear, intelligence chips, reflex boosters. I don't want metal arms and stupid pop out sunglasses that are part of my face.
The only problem with your analogy is that a ship is a singular, inanimate object, while the body is only one part of what makes up a person, the other part being the programming or "soul", and that is what makes a person who they are. Consider this: If you were to completely and permanently lose all of your memories and personality, do you technically still exist?
You would not be same person, but you as a living mass are the thing no matter what happens.
(But not if you replace every part of your body with non-organic mass)
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"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."
Michelangelo
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It's super effective!
Pointless thread has fainted!
They'd be all like super strong and precise and I'd be able to be a cowboy and shoot really fast.
Look at them, I could be like the Earp Brothers with those augmented fingers.
"If along the way you find friends 'n they're good, they'll be good if not it's life, that's what happens"
but on a serious note: other than using it if I had to have an amputation or a disease. I wouldn't augment anything other than my sight and my hearing, those are my two favourite senses and I'd love to be able to make them MUCH stronger (While being able to control the sensitivity so that I don't explode when someone says hello to me) I consider full augmentations (eg having nearly if not all your limbs replaced and a large part of your internal organs being reconstructed) unless it was absolutely necessary for me to survive.
But I don't think I want to lose my humanity for some enhancements.
But I've got one question, would someone still be the same person if every part of their body were changed?
This is similar to the "If you replace every part of a ship, is it still the same ship"
Michelangelo
"You have no power over me that I don't give you, and I don't have any power over you than you give me." - Vi Hart
That's all just as true for your biological "mechanisms". In fact, I'd actually wager that augmentation would prove to be safer in the long run. For example, a "Bio" heart and a "Aug" heart both malfunction and need to be replaced. With a "bio" heart, you would need to wait for a donor heart to be made available, and hope that it would be compatible with you? An "aug" heart, one would just need to go into a storeroom and pull one of the shelf. Also, consider that a lot more quality control and manufacturing standards would go into "aug" devices versus their biological counterparts.
The only problem with your analogy is that a ship is a singular, inanimate object, while the body is only one part of what makes up a person, the other part being the programming or "soul", and that is what makes a person who they are. Consider this: If you were to completely and permanently lose all of your memories and personality, do you technically still exist?
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You would not be same person, but you as a living mass are the thing no matter what happens.
(But not if you replace every part of your body with non-organic mass)
Michelangelo
I do!