What the heck would a robot want with my brain!? It's all squishy and really high-maintenance.
a robot has no needs, only utility
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Champie Jack
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09-29-2005 17:58
a robot has no needs, only utility _____________________
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Christopher Omega
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09-29-2005 18:34
In 2nd GIG, we kinda see what happened to the major that basically forced her to take on an android body. She was originally female, when she was a child she was in an airplane accident, with two survivors, her and another male child. (Her origin is told from the POV of the male survivor). In order for her to live, she needed an android body. Im still figuring out the watch thing... but it definately has something to do with the fact that the first android body she was given was extremely hard to control - in the anime's opening, we see her accidentally crush a doll with her hand, I think the watch is there to remind her of her past.
That will probably be the case when we get biological -> mechanical body transplants. Your brain has basically been forming neuronal connections that best suit the body you were in previously, so it would be awhile before you'd be able to finely control movement again in your android body. Depending upon how many modifications you make to the android body, your brain would gradually develop a speedy way of "getting its bearings" inside a new body - but as evolution hasn't provided us with it already, it wont be perfect. Christopher Omega - Ghost in the Shell geek  If we get to the point where I could have everything my biological body gives me (minus the disease and aging) then Id strongly consider transplanting my brain. ==Chris |
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Keara Morgan
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09-29-2005 18:39
But imagine the possible Phantom Pain...
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Ferran Brodsky
Better living through rum
Join date: 3 Feb 2004
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09-29-2005 19:00
Posthumanism rocks!
Robot body with sliders please! Nanobots have been developed Everyday there are advances in genetics computers are getting faster exponentially wireless technology permeates our lives We're closer than you think. The future is gonna be so cool! _____________________
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Ananda Sandgrain
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Join date: 16 May 2003
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09-29-2005 19:34
Chris you bastard,
what kind of geek doesn't know to put *** SPOILER ALERT *** on these things? I haven't picked it up yet! _____________________
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Cid Jacobs
Theoretical Meteorologist
Join date: 18 Jul 2004
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09-29-2005 23:01
I already did... or will
 In the year 9595, a race of deformed turkey was genetically developed by chicken scientists as revenge against his bird brother. These turkeys would exit the womb doused in gravy; gravy filled with the giblets...from a monkey. The French craved it and as a result, Turkey became the only food source for France...which is now called RoboFrance29. I was later killed by the chickens. So, of course, you can see why I'm angry at those chickens. I had to be reformulated by rogue chicken scientists for the rebellion. They crafted my sleek turkey body which allowed for safe passage through the time rift. The chickens became a master race through a freak accident involving radiation, and interestingly enough... to me... marshmellows... _____________________
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Ursula Madison
Chewbacca is my co-pilot
Join date: 31 Jul 2004
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09-30-2005 04:05
Good lord... but like, legs don't do the same thing as arms. At least not where I'm from! Unless you're a monkey, then you can grab things with your toes! I not only can grab things with my toes, I can write with my foot. The penmanship is teh suck, but its still writing, durnit!. And I'd only put my brain in a robot if I could still enjoy sex.  And I don't mean just watching it, either! _____________________
"Huh... did everything just taste purple for a second?" -- Philip J. Fry
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chris Akebono
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Join date: 22 Mar 2004
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09-30-2005 20:54
Hopefully we wont even need to put our "mush brains" into a cybernetic body, but rather have our brains reconstructed (copied) neuron by neuron. OMG I cant wait. Everybody check out "The Singularity is Near", talks all about this....
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Ursula Madison
Chewbacca is my co-pilot
Join date: 31 Jul 2004
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10-01-2005 13:33
Hopefully we wont even need to put our "mush brains" into a cybernetic body, but rather have our brains reconstructed (copied) neuron by neuron. OMG I cant wait. Everybody check out "The Singularity is Near", talks all about this.... But if all you are doing is copying your brain... it won't be you. It would be a reasonable facsimile, but when the meat body died, you'd still be dead... you wouldn't live on in the robot body, your robot duplicate would. That might be some measure of immortality, but I'd prefer to have the kind where I was still alive to enjoy it. _____________________
"Huh... did everything just taste purple for a second?" -- Philip J. Fry
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Kujila Maltz
lol
Join date: 6 Aug 2005
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10-01-2005 13:56
Popped in the season 1 dvd of Sealab 2021 and I thought this would make a good poll question. This is the best post I've ever seen on these forums. |
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Bertha Horton
Fat w/ Ice Cream
Join date: 19 Sep 2005
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10-01-2005 19:33
I clicked on "No", but then I saw how scrumptious the pie was... uh... er... where was I?
Oh! The brain in robot body episode of Sealab was funny, but I was horrified when they did it first in the game Earthbound. |
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Satchmo Prototype
eSheep
Join date: 26 Aug 2004
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10-01-2005 20:06
Having my brain implanted in a robot is one of my longest running, most appealing lucid dreams... I can't wait.
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Ananda Sandgrain
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10-01-2005 21:21
Even if you put your current brain in a robot body it might not be you. The odds have to be pretty bad that you'd even notice that 10% of your body was still alive when they throw out the other 90%. To put it another way, you might go to the trash heap while your brain goes off in a different direction.
It's one of those "everybody knows" things that the seat of consciousness must be somewhere in the brain, but who's really ever tested it like this? _____________________
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Armath Severine
Teen Grid Ancient.
Join date: 7 Jul 2005
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With chainsaw hands! :buzzz:
10-04-2005 09:34
I only wanna be a robot if i can be an Adrienne Barbeaubot!
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Pypo Chung
Residen Meatbag
Join date: 26 Dec 2003
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10-04-2005 10:40
I already did... or will In the year 9595, a race of deformed turkey was genetically developed by chicken scientists as revenge against his bird brother. These turkeys would exit the womb doused in gravy; gravy filled with the giblets...from a monkey. The French craved it and as a result, Turkey became the only food source for France...which is now called RoboFrance29. I was later killed by the chickens. So, of course, you can see why I'm angry at those chickens. I had to be reformulated by rogue chicken scientists for the rebellion. They crafted my sleek turkey body which allowed for safe passage through the time rift. The chickens became a master race through a freak accident involving radiation, and interestingly enough... to me... marshmellows... Oh man! gotta get'em! Telling all our secrets of the furute in the past! |
