Transhumanists Want To Know What Cool Body-Parts Options You Will Choose?

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Jul 19, 2010, 8:36:53 PM7/19/10

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Transhumanists Want To Know What Cool Body-Parts Options You Will Choose?
The decision is hard, which limb will you choose? Moreover, why? I did a little anecdotal experiment in my home and asked my 11 yr old which he would prefer. His response was: “I’d like to be a normal human not a ¾ human robotic. More of a human than a robot.” My 4 yr old daughter’s response: “Bionicle. Cause I want to be strong. I’ve never been strong before.” Now, these are kids and this is anecdotal, but the point is that there is more to it than choosing plastic or bone. It’s a choice of being more than human, “Bionicle”, and being Other, the inhuman. So why do we need a choice? It’s a choice that defines what you want your “human” self to be. We don’t have the same preference on hair, teeth, breasts, etc. We have options. So it seems that when an option for a biologically replicated arm comes about, then we have the right to choose what parts we want or don’t want on our bodies. With the prosthetic arm, you can have increased capabilities. In addition to these capabilities, a prosthetic arm is customizable. As prosthetic skin options improve so do the aesthetic options. You can have a different arm for every occasion. “Super Human” was the title of an article in the February 2010 issue of Fast Company. It was about emergence of envy and sexiness towards those with prosthetics. I was honestly a little bit jealous of Carrie Davis’ sexy black arm in the magazine.