But just think Pony, this same technology will allow soldiers to go to war without conscience or morals. They'll obey their orders without question! The perfect soldier! Guilt and compassion can go the way of the dodo as each individual achieves greatness in the perfect capitalist society!
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NadsBob DuccaAsleep in a cul-de-sac.Registered User, ClubPAregular
edited July 2008
Oh come on, Pony, be serious. A lot of people don't use 100% of their brains.
But just think Pony, this same technology will allow soldiers to go to war without conscience or morals. They'll obey their orders without question! The perfect soldier! Guilt and compassion can go the way of the dodo as each individual achieves greatness in the perfect capitalist society!
until you try to turn them off
i cast vin diesel in the lead
asia argento as the sexy genetics genius who is trying to help restore his humanity
I'm pretty sure the world will fall apart once people can turn themselves into sociopathic A-type personalities for 20 bucks down at the Cyber-Wall-Mart.
years ago one of my docs asked me "if we could give you a drug to make your ASPD just go away, and you'd think like a normal person, would you take it?"
no fucking way
not a chance in hell
my condition might make my life hard in lots of ways
but it's the only way i know, it's the only mind i've ever thought with. the idea that something, some drug no less, could just go and remove a fundamental aspect of who i am as a person is terrifying.
years ago one of my docs asked me "if we could give you a drug to make your ASPD just go away, and you'd think like a normal person, would you take it?"
no fucking way
not a chance in hell
my condition might make my life hard in lots of ways
but it's the only way i know, it's the only mind i've ever thought with. the idea that something, some drug no less, could just go and remove a fundamental aspect of who i am as a person is terrifying.
I wouldn't mind being autistic for a day
call me old fashioned but by gum i've gotten accustomed to how my brain operates
i am not comfortable with screwing with that except on a temporary basis (ie drugs for funtimes)
something permanently altering to my brainthinks is pretty scary
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Shortytouching the meatIntergalactic Cool CourtRegistered Userregular
i got a weird fascination with post-apocalyptic fiction
TV, video games, movies, comics, etc.
the sort of stuff interests me
but morbidly so
because it both repulses and terrifies me
i'm actually scared shitless of something horrible happening to the world at large and all our infrastructure and societal veneers going to shit at once
road warrior gave me a panic attack when i was a kid
The first things people will be able to upload to their brain will be porn. First person point of view porn in particular.
yeah if the internet has taught us anything it's that any new form of data transfer or information acquisition will be firstly used for illicit purposes
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Waka LakaRiding the stuffed UnicornIf ya know what I mean.Registered Userregular
I'm also curious as to how all this nanites stuff is going to turn out, and whether it's all a bunch of hopeful crap as well.
...right?
I would just want the targeting augmentation so that I know all the tactical data about everyone I meet.
Hopefully there'd be a third party mod for the software that would assign hilarious names based on their appearance.
That would help in Thailand.
Target - Generic Tourist
Target - Shopkeep
Target - Lady - Caution! Scans indicate lack of female phermones. Possibly not born a woman. Suggest immediate withdrawal from verbal or physical contact.
years ago one of my docs asked me "if we could give you a drug to make your ASPD just go away, and you'd think like a normal person, would you take it?"
no fucking way
not a chance in hell
my condition might make my life hard in lots of ways
but it's the only way i know, it's the only mind i've ever thought with. the idea that something, some drug no less, could just go and remove a fundamental aspect of who i am as a person is terrifying.
But what if you could stop taking it? Like, you spend a month thinking like a normal person, and if you don't like it then you just go back to the crazy old line breaks-galore Pony we all know and love.
As for the future, I imagine that in ten thousand years, the individual will contend with the demands of an increasingly complex society whilst attempting to satisfy his own pleasures. Sometimes difficult, sometimes easy, every man will define himself, and be defined, by how he resolves this duality.
I made a 3 hour DVD for my bio class as my final last semester that was all about these subjects
although, 1000 years from now, I just see either a scortched little ball of rock in space, or something most definetly non-human. Technology taking over for the biological.
The first things people will be able to upload to their brain will be porn. First person point of view porn in particular.
yeah if the internet has taught us anything it's that any new form of data transfer or information acquisition will be firstly used for illicit purposes
The second thing that will be uploaded into people's brains are going to be the viruses.
Because you just know that whatever software controls the interface between humans and machines is going to be exploited. And probably windows based.
Space travel will become technologically simple; space habitation, however, will never grow. Much like Antarctica today, humanity will find vacuum to be perpetually inhospitable, suited only to ventures of scientific inquiry.
Altpost: colonies on erry planet (including the gas ones) leading to divergent evolution of the human race and galactic wars between our alien descendants
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Waka LakaRiding the stuffed UnicornIf ya know what I mean.Registered Userregular
edited July 2008
At least it's not as bad as people who leave Catch phrases after each post
Posts
...right?
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Gattaca all up ins
Screw the dynamic human spirit of the individual, intricate and wholly unique person
hive mind ending
until you try to turn them off
i cast vin diesel in the lead
asia argento as the sexy genetics genius who is trying to help restore his humanity
lol da souf
it's not longer about..... egh....
I felt like I watched a movie when I played that game. And not a very well acted one.
I wouldn't mind being autistic for a day
call me old fashioned but by gum i've gotten accustomed to how my brain operates
i am not comfortable with screwing with that except on a temporary basis (ie drugs for funtimes)
something permanently altering to my brainthinks is pretty scary
I would just want the targeting augmentation so that I know all the tactical data about everyone I meet.
Hopefully there'd be a third party mod for the software that would assign hilarious names based on their appearance.
Imagine, being able to upload different drivers into your mind to fundamentally change the way you think!
Completely altering who you are as easily as buying a new pair of pants!
Download celebrity thought patterns directly!
Want to become a doctor? No sweat! Years of education, training, and knowledge all in one hard earned data file!
TV, video games, movies, comics, etc.
the sort of stuff interests me
but morbidly so
because it both repulses and terrifies me
i'm actually scared shitless of something horrible happening to the world at large and all our infrastructure and societal veneers going to shit at once
road warrior gave me a panic attack when i was a kid
That's when we've truly come down from the trees
yeah if the internet has taught us anything it's that any new form of data transfer or information acquisition will be firstly used for illicit purposes
That would help in Thailand.
Target - Generic Tourist
Target - Shopkeep
Target - Lady - Caution! Scans indicate lack of female phermones. Possibly not born a woman. Suggest immediate withdrawal from verbal or physical contact.
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But what if you could stop taking it? Like, you spend a month thinking like a normal person, and if you don't like it then you just go back to the crazy old line breaks-galore Pony we all know and love.
As for the future, I imagine that in ten thousand years, the individual will contend with the demands of an increasingly complex society whilst attempting to satisfy his own pleasures. Sometimes difficult, sometimes easy, every man will define himself, and be defined, by how he resolves this duality.
Nothing will really change, is what I'm saying.
although, 1000 years from now, I just see either a scortched little ball of rock in space, or something most definetly non-human. Technology taking over for the biological.
The second thing that will be uploaded into people's brains are going to be the viruses.
Because you just know that whatever software controls the interface between humans and machines is going to be exploited. And probably windows based.
stop that
That was pretty spot on
in the singularity the fact that they are socially retarded and completely pathetic is irrelevant
all are one, so nothing matters
it's like buddhism for the world of warcraft generation
you're appending retard noises to your posts about nerds on the internet
that is something tfs does
don't do that
I want to be able to indulge my every whim without consequence, not be part of some space intelligence
when the space intelligence gets you!
i just want the life i have now but more convenient and with better, faster technology and higher quality medicine for cheaper
so basically i just want what i got now but slightly better
i don't need a new life, just an upgrade
All I can see is a redneck with a shotgun shooting cans off fenceposts.
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who the fuck is juan
who the fuck cares who that is except a bunch of nerds on the internet
Anything is possible.
We could be living on an alien planet where all the plants are made of chocolate
or inhabited by blue alien space babes who pleasure humans for sport
but in all these possibilities
of all the things that could potentially happen I know one thing is certain
pony will still type posts
one thought per line
over
and
over
I'm pretty bad at that, but no one has noticed yet, tee hee
go now to the offworld colonies!
I've.... seen things you... people wouldn't believe...
Altpost: colonies on erry planet (including the gas ones) leading to divergent evolution of the human race and galactic wars between our alien descendants
"Good luck"
" - X Y Z person"
"Peace, out"
...and so forth.
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It is the truth.
And more worryingly, I do the exact same thing.
I guess my increasing use of IM is the cause.
I'm not really complaining.