Comments on: When I Grow Up… https://blog.speculist.com/transhumanism/when-i-grow-up-1.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: MDarling https://blog.speculist.com/transhumanism/when-i-grow-up-1.html#comment-3656 MDarling Sat, 10 May 2008 10:08:27 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1560#comment-3656 Yes- when we can all be Superman, it will mean none of us is. THough I’d still want it.

As for Batman- Batman is mostly about attitude and character. He chooses well (mostly). He chooses to oppose bad guys and evil.
Superman does too- but he’s an alien form another planet- he’s not even human.

IronMan is human- and engineered. He’s also got some major personality flaws. Does his AI and artificial heart help him stop drinking and being an abusive jerk to other people?

]]> By: Be Afraid (Matthew Bailey) https://blog.speculist.com/transhumanism/when-i-grow-up-1.html#comment-3655 Be Afraid (Matthew Bailey) Fri, 09 May 2008 03:18:16 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1560#comment-3655 Ummm…

Do you happen to remember???

Army of Robotic Supermen???

I’ve been on that for a while now…

And, like I said at SSII… Wanting one doesn’t make me a mad-man any more than owning your own security system, or private guard makes you a madman today…

Although…

Army of Robotic Supermen does have a sort of evil ring to it, striking up images of cybermen from Dr. Who (I hate the cybermen, they are a bunch of pansies) or replicant armies from Bladerunner or Soldier.

Matthew
P.S. Hi Phil…

]]> By: Sine Arrow https://blog.speculist.com/transhumanism/when-i-grow-up-1.html#comment-3654 Sine Arrow Thu, 08 May 2008 14:49:20 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1560#comment-3654 Hi,

One small nit to pick with the article. In Second Life GLC is “Green Lantern Core”, for historical reasons. Otherwise, an excellent article. I’ll tell the local GLs you mentioned them. Maybe you’ll get some hits?

Sine Arrow

]]> By: Stephen Gordon https://blog.speculist.com/transhumanism/when-i-grow-up-1.html#comment-3653 Stephen Gordon Thu, 08 May 2008 13:19:56 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1560#comment-3653 Blade running for non-handicapped people doesn’t sound far fetched either. Just have the running blades extend below the foot. It would lengthen the legs and give better recoil/push-off than the natural foot.

A BIG development will be respirocytes. Being able to run without losing breath or staying under water for hours – that qualifies as superhuman.

]]> By: MikeD https://blog.speculist.com/transhumanism/when-i-grow-up-1.html#comment-3652 MikeD Wed, 07 May 2008 19:28:51 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=1560#comment-3652 I want to know when we get something like the Fantastic Voyage (1966) repair of living cells. Sure, the miniaturization of submarines might be fantasy, but nano-scale machines programmed (or remotely controlled) for specific tasks doesn’t seem too far fetched.

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