[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/sci/ - Science & Math

View post   
File: 23 KB, 300x392, shakara.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020364 No.4020364 [Reply] [Original]

Concerning transhumanism (inspired by Ghost in the Shell)
The importance of having a human appearance is that it insures that you can still see yourself as human. YOur brain was programmed to be human, it doesn't like, or really understand, being anything else, so being able to look int he mirror and see a human in it will provide stablity.

>> No.4020375

There's also that most civilized environments and equipment just happen to be engineered toward being usable by a humanoid frame and a human hand.

>> No.4020380
File: 23 KB, 429x410, 1273937366953.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020380

Explain that to furries.

>> No.4020389
File: 303 KB, 700x590, frozenfistofthesouth.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020389

>>4020380
I have. They just say
>Well it looks human enough to me! Are you racist or something?

I don't entirely disagree with them. Pic related, looks like a human with an altered face and fur.

>> No.4020390
File: 108 KB, 631x817, 1315107205726.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020390

If I ever got the opportunity I would like to become a robot. I don't care about looking human, though I would probably keep a humanoid frame and ect just for convenience and ease of use.

I look at myself now and see a monkey. The human body is primitive. I'd love to be able to surpass that.

>> No.4020396

>>4020389
There's a lot more fucked up shit than bipedal anthropomorphic animals, just saying.

>> No.4020408

>>4020389
What looks human will change with or without technology.

I'm sure we can maintain a stable mind as long as what we look like is somewhat normative and conformist (as opposed to genetic abnormalities and disease)

>> No.4020410

>>4020390
You could start by training until you surpass normal human conditions.

>> No.4020411
File: 83 KB, 600x471, i am the weirdest boner.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020411

>>4020396
Such as pic related?

>> No.4020420
File: 623 KB, 823x744, 1304124078427.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020420

>>4020411
Yep.

>> No.4020425
File: 328 KB, 700x982, the wierdest boner redux.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020425

>>4020420
Here's a continuation, then.

>> No.4020430
File: 3 KB, 210x230, 1288443192139.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020430

>>4020425

>> No.4020432
File: 106 KB, 786x417, megusta madne.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020432

>>4020425

>> No.4020439
File: 84 KB, 1067x1280, steel-bar-steak_tilde2.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020439

>>4020430
Would you call this a more likely result of transhumanism?

>> No.4020441
File: 66 KB, 400x600, We3.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020441

>>4020425
/d/ here, thanks for the pic.

As far as I'm concerned, the body is just a shell.
I don't even care whether the mind inside is human or not, as long as it's at least relatively benign.

>> No.4020452
File: 654 KB, 900x1393, 1292990807039.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020452

>>4020439
I'm pretty sure people will diverge quite quickly from standard two-arms-two-legs bodies into weird furry shit, so I'm not sure.

If I do get to experience transhumanism first-hand, I totally want a cool suit and a Daft Punk-esque helmethead.

>> No.4020453
File: 181 KB, 856x581, stratosolar.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
4020453

>>4020441
Hail, fellow /d/eviant. So you are more interested in an Eclipse Phase future, am I right?
http://1d4chan.org/wiki/Eclipse_Phase