To be more than human is to be human

[kahljorn]

possibly, but like I said, people can still choose to die rationally, and it's possible that technologu could eradicate the resources problem. Wouldn't part of the point of replacing many organs and becoming near immortal or whatever (which I only used as an example to over-coming a limitation generally thought of as human) be that it takes less resources?

or like rebirth or something i dunno there's ideas! (which is i take it the point of ghost in the shell)

What difference does it make if it is incorperated into the body or not? Why does having it in your body somehow cause you to transcend your own humanity?

cause human beings are biological and have brains. converting to mechanical is obviously way different than normal human beings.

i get what you're getting at with the whole WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO B E HUMAN thing but i think there's already set perimeters so ;o

[Jeanette X]

Originally Posted by kahljorn

cause human beings are biological and have brains. converting to mechanical is obviously way different than normal human beings.

We'll still be biological and have brains with cybernetics. I really don't understand why it totally changes the human condition to have a machine inside your body rather than outside it.