Hasn't everyone of these "augment humans" ideas turned out horribly for the idiots involved? Like your body tries to reject or contain foreign matter inserted into it? I'm not really aware that we've solved that very basic issue yet.
Also, theres no way in hell world im letting some billionaire install a computer in my brain. And this shit has some serious "whitey on the moon" vibes.
like the real answer is not really like we have cardiac pacemakers and other basic augmentions but they are simple things and even they can fail and be rejected by the body, so the idea of mr "my autopilot can't stop hitting trucks at highspeeds" putting a complex thing on my brain is not cool
I mean if they put the foreign objects in properly it shouldn't be an issue, a spinal fusion used to treat severe scoliosis or kyphosis involves two titanium rods and 20 plus titanium screws. And it's usually a very successful procedure when you compare the patients health before and after the operation. The current women's climbing nationals champion (Kyra Condie) has a spinal fusion for example. Oviously if you put a random microchip or magnet in your wrist it's going to go bad, but foreign objects in your body is part of a lot of successful health procedures
Good point about the titanium rods, we at least have som level of ability to do this. My sister has a prosthetic in her leg which I believe is titanium and has had problems with tissue forming around the prosthetic, hence my distrust of the "startrek medical science phantasy" that liberal media seems to be selling these days.
Regarding the "augmented humans", I'm more thinking of the tech bros that I've seen who's had microchips and displays implanted into their arms. I remember reading about one of these guys that he got some metal poisoning in his blood and had to have an "emergency surgery" to have it removed.
Well yeah if you're going to implant random shit in your arm of course it's going to go bad. The whole techbro fad of microchipping yourself is full on cyber brainworms for lack of a better term. Like don't put random shit in your body for no reason, super unnecessary medical risk, especially if it's not needed for any health reasons
Hasn't everyone of these "augment humans" ideas turned out horribly for the idiots involved? Like your body tries to reject or contain foreign matter inserted into it? I'm not really aware that we've solved that very basic issue yet.
Also, theres no way in hell world im letting some billionaire install a computer in my brain. And this shit has some serious "whitey on the moon" vibes.
like the real answer is not really like we have cardiac pacemakers and other basic augmentions but they are simple things and even they can fail and be rejected by the body, so the idea of mr "my autopilot can't stop hitting trucks at highspeeds" putting a complex thing on my brain is not cool
I mean if they put the foreign objects in properly it shouldn't be an issue, a spinal fusion used to treat severe scoliosis or kyphosis involves two titanium rods and 20 plus titanium screws. And it's usually a very successful procedure when you compare the patients health before and after the operation. The current women's climbing nationals champion (Kyra Condie) has a spinal fusion for example. Oviously if you put a random microchip or magnet in your wrist it's going to go bad, but foreign objects in your body is part of a lot of successful health procedures
Good point about the titanium rods, we at least have som level of ability to do this. My sister has a prosthetic in her leg which I believe is titanium and has had problems with tissue forming around the prosthetic, hence my distrust of the "startrek medical science phantasy" that liberal media seems to be selling these days.
Regarding the "augmented humans", I'm more thinking of the tech bros that I've seen who's had microchips and displays implanted into their arms. I remember reading about one of these guys that he got some metal poisoning in his blood and had to have an "emergency surgery" to have it removed.
Well yeah if you're going to implant random shit in your arm of course it's going to go bad. The whole techbro fad of microchipping yourself is full on cyber brainworms for lack of a better term. Like don't put random shit in your body for no reason, super unnecessary medical risk, especially if it's not needed for any health reasons