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Originally Posted by Taxi
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I was saying this as a possibly interesting development of medecine to a friend of mine, and he said something to me that still resonates hard, made me reflect how we are still monkeys playing god and sometimes not calculating well the risks associated with technology.
What he told me was: "What happens if some catastrophy happens and humans lose the capacity to produce these medical nanobots? What happens to an immune system which had things done for it for generations? Will it be in a decrepit state and our bodies have forgotten how to fight against outside interference on its own?"
So many aspects of technology and pollution these days makes us guinea pigs in a test tube. Global warming, eating strawberries crossed with fish genes. I think often the ethics of technology are not considered, and as we become more technologically advanced the consequences will be potentially exponentially dangerous to play around with. I think it would be a fatal mistake to let corporations play god like that without ethical supervision and legislation, we can already see as an example of what can happen when they are given a free rein, in the gulf of mexico right now.
But i guess they can just go in poor countries and evade all these regulations...
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Hicks: [Grabs him by the shirt] Are you finished?
Newt: Guess we're not gonna make it, are we?
Ripley: I'm sorry, Newt.
Newt: Don't be sorry, it wasn't your fault.
Hudson: That's it, man. Game over, man. Game over, what the fuck are we supposed to now, huh, what are we gonna do?
Burke: Maybe we can build a fire, sing a couple of songs, huh, how about we try that.
Newt: We gotta get inside. It's gonna be dark soon, and they mostly hunt at night. Mostly.
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Very good points. Looking at micro evolution and the effect that technology has/might have on humans is really interesting to look at. I think your cell counts would remain the same as they are when you began using this technology. The thing is, creating cells is an automatic response by your body, when you get a cold or virus, your body begins to pump out large amounts of WBC's and other things, so the question would be, would your body eventually cease to do this, because it already has a sufficient amount? Or would it still see it as a threat and create even more?
Also, genetic crossing is more of a Biological innovation, I think we can only do so much in terms of Biology because I think there are limits, but technology is wide open IMO.
Also, perhaps we could change evolution? Create nanotech that talks with your body, so when something happens, it sends a signal to your lymphnods to release more lymphocytes? Imagine if we could match this signal with what your Brain sends, you could essentially keep your body taught what it needs to do with false signaling.