| From: | Mike Elkins <MikeE@*********.COM> |
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| Subject: | Meat Drones (was Exotic Equipment -Reply) |
| Date: | Tue, 18 Feb 1997 10:33:18 -0500 |
>
>Can you take out enough brainspace to fit the remote gear in and keep the
> person living? cyberpsunk
and then
>You only use 15% of yer brain anyway.
This comment is a pet peeve of mine, so I've got to say it's nonsense even though
6 other people already have. Its nonsense.
Back to meat drones. FASA hasn't answered the question yet (FASAMike?) but
in my opinion, it should be quite possible in 2050+. What you remove is the
prefrontal cortex. This leaves lots of room in a human. It also removes (gross
simplification) the personality, so consider it cold blooded murder. Don't expect to
use standard vehicle remote gear, of course.
What you end up with is a "drone" with an "autopilot" capable of
(depending on
how well the surgury went) sitting around, watching TV, feeding itself, possibly
even having conversations with people.
I don't think they would make fantastic killers (I think wired-reflexes wouldn't
transmit well over the remote gear, and skills requireing concentration or planning
would be piss-poor), but they could fit in anywhere (assuming you didn't leave
huge scars on their foreheads...)
Double-Domed Mike (who majored in Brain and Cognitive Science)
