| From: | Ereskanti@***.com Ereskanti@***.com |
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| Subject: | Cyber and You (Re: Otaku questions) |
| Date: | Tue, 7 Sep 1999 12:27:00 EDT |
m0ng005e@*********.com writes:
> Certain items would be a problem, but most headware would not. The plates
> of the skull fuse by that age (meaning growth is finished), and the brain
> doesn't signifigantly grow or chage structure (afaik) past age 5 or so.
> In any case, the encephalon (nad other brainware isn't going to be much
> more dagerous than a datajack.
Just to clarify here a bit for Sebastian/Mongoose. The brain plates do fuse
in the latter years of life. But it is not uncommon for such growth to
continue (cranial spread) until even as late the as the 30's in many people
(documented cases exist regularly). The brain itself (Pinky's excluded ;)
is formed by the final years of adolescence actually, though the final
"volume" that it will fill is identifiable by the pre-teen years in most
cases. Again, there are always exceptions to this that have been found.
It is believed to be possible to continually stimulate the growth of various
centers of the human brain/mind in a way that shaving from the episti..uh oh,
brain-death moment...digging out CD...hmmm...doesn't have the word I'm
looking for...(epesius?? LadyJ???) if the endcaps of the human bone are
treated correctly, the bone will be triggered/allowed to continue to grow.
It can function much the same way with the various plates of the brain.
Besides, you *could* also view this as a type of "SOTA Maintenance" with
regards to cyberware and even perhaps some Bioware. As the body itself
grows/matures/dies, the implants need to be occasionally reset or "retuned"
in order to function correctly on a more constant basis.
-K
