| From: | Stephen Delear <c715591@******.MISSOURI.EDU> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: The talks on my Cyberware post. |
| Date: | Fri, 1 May 1998 21:47:03 -0500 |
>On Fri, 1 May 1998, Brett Borger wrote:
>
>> Ah, but Essence is not a measure of man vs. machine, but rather a
>> question of "themselves-ness". Certainly, they can reduce the
>> "machine-ness" as you say, but not 99%. A data could never be .001
>> essence because it isn't organic, and doesn't perform human
>> functions.
>>
>Well, sure... But. What if you were to make the data more human in form?
>They might be able to do that--seems like the logical extension to me...
>
> Jonathan Andrews
>
Let me get this right you want to take somebodies arm, clone it, change the
genes so that it's bones are laced titanium and cause a subdermal layer of
armor to grow, sounds like full body transplant time.
SteveD
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