genetically modifying human beings

[Dark_Raven]

Immortality (or something close) and Regeneration (to avoid those nasty accidents... or at least survive them)

 

I could live with that.

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Immortality with the option to kill yourself. It would be hard on you mentally watching all the people you know age and die and you do not.

[Walsingham]

The only thing worse than watching your friends get old while you do not, would be watching your friends get old while you DO.

[Tale]

Who needs old friends when you're still young? Screw them. They can go make new friends in the retirement home. You go to the bar to make new friends.

[SteveThaiBinh]

After a few thousand years, it would be difficult to motivate yourself to go out and meet these brief mortals with their little life spans. It would be terribly isolating, unless there were other immortals about. Even the deepest, most meaningful relationship with a mortal would be, in relative terms, no more than a one night stand to you.

[kirottu]

I would change my blood to alchohol. Drunk for life and no hangovers! w00t!

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Actually, scratch that.

 

I want bigger and stronger pen1s. Then I want superhero costume for it so when it goes to fight crime it

[metadigital]

This reminds me of why immortality would be a difficult prospect ... it won't be many years until some of the more extreme wishes expressed in this thread would be an albatross around their necks ...

[Surreptishus]

I would like to have to not go to the toilet ever again. In nano-aug terms I guess it would mean a super-efficient and non wasteful digestive system with nanites completely breaking down any unuseable.

[Laozi]

That would seriously cut down on my reading and me time

[Weiser_Cain]

This reminds me of why immortality would be a difficult prospect ... it won't be many years until some of the more extreme wishes expressed in this thread would be an albatross around their necks ...

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Why?

[metadigital]

Same reason why people live long enough to regret the tattoos they choose in their youth, of course.

[Nartwak]

A skul-gun for my head.

[Tale]

Screw all the immortality naysayers. Waah waah, I'm afraid I'll have social problems. I'm not social as it is. All I can imagine is how much work I would get done! It's awesome!

[metadigital]

Because you'd be interested in working, and keeping your productivity high .. :D

[Walsingham]

After a few thousand years, it would be difficult to motivate yourself to go out and meet  these brief mortals with their little life spans.  It would be terribly isolating, unless there were other immortals about.  Even the deepest, most meaningful relationship with a mortal would be, in relative terms, no more than a one night stand to you.

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Nonsense. In any event, I'd rather try immortality and not like it as much as i hoped than not try it.

[Atreides]

I bet the immortals will turn out to be emo vampires. Psychotic emo vampire in Sand's case.

[Dark_Raven]

HAHAHHAHA

[metadigital]

Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer's Johnny (Mnemonic)!

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BRAIN CHIP FOR MEMORY REPAIR CLOSES IN ON LIVE TESTS BY ANNA GRIFFITH

Supplementing the human brain with computer power has been a staple of science fiction. But in fact, researchers have taken several steps in melding minds with machines, and this spring a team from the University of Southern California may replace damaged brain tissue in rats with a neural prosthesis.

 

For the past few years, researchers have demonstrated the ability to translate another creature

[Walsingham]

Mmmm... corymbic implant.

[Pop]

Mmmm... corymbic implant.

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[Walsingham]

You hacked my damn webcam!

[Pop]

Well, now everyone knows that you eat cybernetic implants.

 

Be ashamed. Be very ashamed.

[mkreku]

I'd like a genetically enhanced stamina. I want to be able to run for as long as I want, work out at the gym for 8 hours in a row and have sex 50 times per day.

 

I can only do 48 right now :'(

[Walsingham]

I'd like a genetically enhanced stamina. I want to be able to run for as long as I want, work out at the gym for 8 hours in a row and have sex 50 times per day.

 

I can only do 48 right now  :'(

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I'm telling you, man. Those AREN'T blue smarties.

[astr0creep]

I bet the immortals will turn out to be emo vampires.  Psychotic emo vampire in Sand's case.

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And with all those people with Werewolf implants as nemesises.

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[Dark_Raven]

I bet the immortals will turn out to be emo vampires.  Psychotic emo vampire in Sand's case.

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Immortality! There can only be one!