Subj : Re: Neuralink
To   : Gamgee
From : Moondog
Date : Mon Aug 17 2020 15:37:00

  Re: Re: Neuralink
  By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sun Aug 16 2020 08:06 pm


 > 
 > I am positive that it's a fact that most (the VAST majority) will
 > NOT accept machine implants.
 > 
 > "Transhumanism" is a freak/niche idea that only a very few
 > whack-jobs subscribe to.  It's like they wanted to be science
 > fiction writers, but failed, so came up with this idea to try to
 > justify their distorted "thinking".  It's right there beside the
 > "flat-earthers" on the scale of stupid beliefs.

Many of these changes or movements may require a cultural revolution or a
move that promotes cultural changes.  Ease of use of technology has moved us
beyong having a pc in our homes, and put them in our hands in the form of
handheld devices.  Technology changes so fast, I would be worried about cybern
etic implants.  Every time a new Iphone or Samsung phone comes out, people
line up for it.  Imagine every year and a half going to a clinic where they
dig into your head or body to not just to replace a module, but also in some
cases to tear out the obsolete or degrade interface components that are fused
to bone and nerves?  The technology you are born with will be obsolte in a
few years or need replacing on a regular interval to adjust for growth or
just plain keeping up with the Joneses regarding how much crap is sticking
out of your head.

If a segment of society heads that direction, we may see a split in society
that stays "human" and sticks with external interfaces, while others dive
into electromechanical or genetic enhancements.  The Amish are an example of
an ideolgy that shuns certain technologies, however among their practitioners
there are degrees of acceptance, normally in the category of getting work
done.  Their ideology preaches "idle hands are devil's playground," and some
groups translate that looser than others when it comes to electricity and
power tools.

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