It's interesting to think we could ward off death by getting these upgrades, but of course the brain will still deteriorate even if you could make a body that lasts longer. Not to mention I think being turned into a robot would be really freaky, and most people would avoid that as they wouldn't want to feel like a monster or something like that.

I would gladly take the opportunity to replace every part of my body (except for the brain, obviously) with cybernetic components - no more pain, significantly decreased chance of disease and ailments, much longer lifespan, much less upkeep on the body.

Even...you know...

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Quote from: Scary Digger on October 26, 2014, 01:09:02 PM

I would gladly take the opportunity to replace every part of my body (except for the brain, obviously) with cybernetic components - no more pain, significantly decreased chance of disease and ailments, much longer lifespan, much less upkeep on the body.

Even...you know...

Especially you know.

Where is the fun in that?

Upon further consideration, I wouldn't mind a robot arm that can function as a torque wrench, provided it doesn't need to be calibrated every time I knock it off of something.

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Quote from: Scary Digger on October 26, 2014, 01:09:02 PM

I would gladly take the opportunity to replace every part of my body (except for the brain, obviously) with cybernetic components - no more pain, significantly decreased chance of disease and ailments, much longer lifespan, much less upkeep on the body.

Even...you know...

Especially you know.

Where is the fun in that?

You don't have cyborg fantasies?

No.

Oh...

This thread is now proof that we can't handle this kind of technology. Jim be praise.

Bodies are just machines composed of flesh and blood instead of metal and circuitry. If something else can perform a task more efficiently, and I can easily replace what I have with that superior thing, then that's exactly what I'll do. I hear they're even working on ways to connect artificial limbs so the user can feel through them.

AIHT I literally love you

Quote from: Sandtrap on October 26, 2014, 01:04:45 PM

The body is equally as important as the mind. It's a vessel. But the two are necessary. And I'll tell you why in a bit. The mind influences the body. The body influences the mind. But, first, things to do. I'll be back.

Lawdy, I think a stray [/quot.e] has messed that up <.<
It would appear to be from mine too.

But no worries, take your time.

This is where again, my point about whether the mind or the body is the source of your self. Yes the body plays a role in it, but the mind is what I view as most important. If I do not alter my brain, I don't replace my empathic centres or slice out parts of my prefrontal cortex in the process of replacing my limbs and my internal organs then there will not be an alteration to how I view the world. It might change for others, but the only comparable we currently have is those who have lost their limbs to trauma and not given them up willingly.

Righto. Just finished breakfast. I can write my musings but I don't have time for all this conjecture. So this'll be it for today. Saddle up, cause it might get a little TLDR.

So, from my point of view, here's why the body is as equally as important as the mind. From my own experiences. I can't properly describe it all, so I'm going to focus on one thing.

As you know, a little while back, I walked out of a coma. And I'm still healing. But a few days ago, I started work again. So, it is here, that I'm going to talk about my lungs.

When I first stepped back into work, the sensation was incredible. I was tired. Fatigued. Easily knocked out of breathe. Even now, it still hurts to breathe somewhat, the expansions and contractions of my lungs burn.

Every breath I took was hard. But it all came flowing back, through muscle memory. That pain from pushing too much and straining something. And then it vanished, because I entered the usual work state of mind that comes with physical labour. An off switch of sorts. But an on switch as well.

Through every breath of mine, that pain, that struggle and need to get more air and at the same time, the feeling of cold air going down them, relaxing and sharp, woke me up. Reminded me of where I was and what I was doing. Why I was doing it. And I woke up to more.

The sun on my skin. The rain. The wind. The dirt on my hands. The ache in my legs and arms. The pain, and the return to something familiar, sparked something in me. And for a few short days, I was genuinely happier than I have been in a very, very long time. My days were polarised, light and dark at the same time. A sense of balance, one side couldn't overtake the other.

While I was refreshed, and so very alive, it wasn't a magic off switch for what hangs on my shoulders. Until fall leaves, this weight that sits on me and feeds my own depression will stay. The past few days have been incredibly rough on me. And I've been a right mess of a state.

But, if I didn't go through what I said above, my head wouldn't be in the state it is now. I would have fallen further, and harder.

Because as I breath right now, I'm reminded. Reminded of everything. All those feelings, good and bad. Tension in broken muscles. Bones that ache, stiff limbs that refuse to move. The sun, the wind, the rain, and the earth. My heart, which has the docs worried because it was weak at birth, and has a lot of strain on it. I stop, and I listen to it.

And it changes my thoughts. Directs them away from what's eating me. Gives a spark, a simple little candle light in the dark to lead me along to safety.

Without that base, that ancor that is my body, that earthly, ground bound construct that is not perfect, but functions the best that it can, my head would be elsewhere right now. Far, far gone. Without a base to come back to, everything falls apart.

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Quote from: Korra on October 26, 2014, 01:31:56 PM

Quote from: Scary Digger on October 26, 2014, 01:09:02 PM

I would gladly take the opportunity to replace every part of my body (except for the brain, obviously) with cybernetic components - no more pain, significantly decreased chance of disease and ailments, much longer lifespan, much less upkeep on the body.

Even...you know...

Especially you know.

Where is the fun in that?

You don't have cyborg fantasies?

Lol. I wrote something on that very subject. I'm gonna have a lot of shit to post in Anarchy.

Ew.

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Quote from: JimTheAdmin on October 26, 2014, 01:32:20 PM

Quote from: Korra on October 26, 2014, 01:31:56 PM

Quote from: Scary Digger on October 26, 2014, 01:09:02 PM

I would gladly take the opportunity to replace every part of my body (except for the brain, obviously) with cybernetic components - no more pain, significantly decreased chance of disease and ailments, much longer lifespan, much less upkeep on the body.

Even...you know...

Especially you know.

Where is the fun in that?

You don't have cyborg fantasies?

I wouldn't call it "cyborg fantasies". It is the human instinct of self-preservation. I want to live forever (or at least a very long time), and I'd be willing to replace every part of my body with cybernetic components in order to do so - even if I end up as a horrid abomination of metal and flesh. It is not as if I am taking my body for granted, but if a superior version presents itself, then I will gladly upgrade.