Bionics & Our Biophysical Future, Wk 13

{Our 1st Bionic Trial Subject, Harold}

Support the development of a Bionic person?

Well...that depends.  I think that creating artificial limbs is amazing!  We're already in the midst of creating organs from skin tissue.  I'd like to see what they can do with nasal mucous!  Sorry, just kidding.  Can you tell I'm the treacherous, eldest sister in my family?  One of my favorite past times is to scare the living #@$*& out of my loved ones.  Now, what if I befriended a Bionic person and they absolutely no sensation to what it felt like to be startled?  Selfishly, I would be disappointed.

So, I'm not up for creating a real-life Frankenstein and I don't want to be partially responsible for that.  This possibility is going to be on the proposition, right next to stem cell research.  As much as I prefer to think of myself as open-minded, I have to acknowledge one issue I have with that term - not even the scientists studying these things know what they're doing.  So, I don't feel knowledgeable enough about their intentions.  This is still coming from a hopeful place that Bionic Monsters aren't going to join forces with the Blob to demolish the humans and take over the world...that's our job!   :o)  What's next, rotating skyscrapers for King Kong to climb?!?  Now that would be a hit!

{The Evolution of Women & Leggings...The New Bionic Woman!!!}

How would you rate "the control of artificial limbs by thought alone"?

I'm stunned, but not surprised...does that make sense?  I found it very enthralling that we have the means of technology to achieve such a thing.  "Wow!" was my reaction, I believe.  Again, this is one of those things that has a positive & negative side, just like many of the crazy ideas scientists have made into reality, with the help of imagination.  I could see this being great for somebody who doesn't have the means to work because they're paralyzed.  However, we're also raising these technological geniuses who can pass Sonic the Headhog in just 10 hours...that's amazing!  Seriously, it just might happen!  Those kids would insert this chip and go crazy telling the machine when to jump, what to jump on and how.  Doo-doo-doo-doo, doo-doo-doo-doo.