Talk:Transhuman Body

I think we should have the subpages more general and give them shorter name so that it's easier to do cross-linking in the future. I'll moved some pages around to do that when I have time.

Also, it would be better if people editing the page didn't save every intermediate version (it's harder to track changes, when each little modification is a separate change). You can use the preview function.

Paranoid 11:19, 21 January 2006 (UTC)

Try to modifiate the page to make it easier more simple but dont delete the content of the page please. Thanks to put my page on your front page.. --Jonathan Despres jonano@gmail.com

Actually, the automatic destruction of all pathogens in the bloodstream is already featured on non-transhumans, and all mammals in fact.

The problem is, the pathogens aren't taking it lying down :-P They constantly find new ways to circumvent the destruction mechanisms.

A description of the human immune system reads like janes' defence weekly.

80.126.238.189 04:14, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Protectants against heat and cold also already exist, though since humans are mammals the range of these is somewhat limited. As a tradeoff, humans can have more genes. Hair already automatically falls out. The skin already gets rid of much dust that falls on it. Humans currently have a 4-6 minute limit for operating without external oxygen. Aerobic oxygenation system can't be improved much. Ultra smart molecular food selection is built in. Feeling tired is a warning mechanism when you overload the system. You will always become tired I think, if you're 1000 times as strong and capable, you'll do 1000 times as much work... and get tired again :-P

Muscular capacity is already pretty slick, power-to-weight ratio + accuracy has nt yet quite been copied. Bones are already ultra-stiff, with just enough bounce not to always break. (little old ladies have really stiff bones, wrong thing!) ears clean themselves to a large extent, body already has molecular auto-repair system, sleep is programmable, you just need the manual

no pain during airplane trip with the ears? that's built in too. Either swallow or yawn, or alternately hold your nose and mouth closed and blow or suck as appropriate. (be gentle with this, a little goes a long way, and you can end up hurting your ears more than helping :-P )

No obesity comes down to correct genetic tuning. It already exists in many people.

Immune system we already covered

disconnecting emotions might be unwise.

The will to learn and grow is pushed by emotions like fun, excitement and fulfillment. Oh and disconnecting emotions would not be FUN, because fun is an emotion :-P

The Human body has many real-time diagnosis capabilites as is. It's not perfect though.

80.126.238.189 04:26, 22 January 2006 (UTC)

Hey, what's up with number 25?

25) No Appetite for Food or Sex

What's the point in being immortal if you can't enjoy life?


 * I believe the point is that transhumans will not be motivated by food/sex and would not need them. If a transhuman desires, he can engage in all sorts of hedonistic behavior, but he won't be addicted to it. Paranoid 18:58, 14 February 2006 (UTC)

Also, I'm not sure my number 38 is in tone with the rest of the article, but when I'll be making myself immortal, protection against random bombings and/or assasination attempts will definitely be on my list.

38) Complete backup of DNA and brain contents stored in 5 ultrasecure bunkers in various positions on the globe. In case the body gets blown to bits (suicide bomber, nuke, meteor, decapitation, ..), it could be completely regenerated.

--81.181.165.163 15:39, 11 February 2006 (UTC)

Okay, that was a monster, but I think I might have succeeded translating some of those ideas into something resembling sense. Sorry if it was too much of an overhaul, but I can't stand it when people write things like "ultra hard automatic bones". AntagonistRex 04:44, 18 May 2006 (UTC)

What are the requirements to add something to the list? There were two things I wanted to add but because of the numbering system I suspected that there was some standards that had to be met before something could be added. First was regeneration wich acording to the Feb. '07 issue of popular science may be possible. The second one was entirely speculative but it seems that some of theese also are. Insect nuerons are more powerful than those of chordates because a single nueron can carry out several functions simultaniously. In the future it may be possible to make human brains with double or triple their former computing power by being composed of neurons similar to those of insects. Glorfon

The numbers can go. They are from a former page where the list was not in any special order. They were kept to help people see that the two lists were the same. Not needed now.


 * Suggest you add regeneration and a link to back it up.
 * Insects have complex hard-wired behaviour. In theory we could be hard-wired to know how to walk, and talk from birth.  Perhaps hard-wired vs flexible is related to free will?

JC 17:48, 19 January 2007 (UTC)