So who are we?
Posted: Tue Oct 06, 2015 5:59 pm
So who are we playing as, anyway? Does this person have a name? Perhaps stephen? How did stephen get onto the planet he is on? by drop capsule? Where is the wreckage?
He crashed on this planet...LordFedora wrote: Damn son, NASA hire this man (if they hadn't already...)
Not his fault, technical fault by the builders of the spacecraft . The NASA didnt hire him early enoughBoogieman14 wrote:He crashed on this planet...LordFedora wrote: Damn son, NASA hire this man (if they hadn't already...)
Or how about an advanced robotic explorer to prepare the world for occupation of hand-writing robots, all named Turry?oLaudix wrote:Plot twist. We are android sent in advance to planets that can sustain life to prepare it for the colonization before any colonist arrive.
Or one of those apocalyptic weapons that replicates itself from planet to planet, using local resources, for millennia.TuckJohn wrote:Or how about an advanced robotic explorer to prepare the world for occupation of hand-writing robots, all named Turry?
(Gotten from here, highly recommended read: http://waitbutwhy.com/2015/01/artificia ... ion-2.html)
but where does the heartbeat come from when you have low health?oLaudix wrote:Plot twist. We are android sent in advance to planets that can sustain life to prepare it for the colonization before any colonist arrive.
It's not a heartbeat...it's a low frequency audio alert to remind the AI to seek helpSmarty wrote:but where does the heartbeat come from when you have low health?
Your definition of cyborg is wierd then.ssilk wrote:With my definition of a cyborg: why not. We are all cyborgs. :p
His definition of a cyborg is not wired then, unless you count the neural/nervous system as wires :poLaudix wrote:Your definition of cyborg is wierd then.ssilk wrote:With my definition of a cyborg: why not. We are all cyborgs. :p
Lets stay politically corect here- "Your definition of a cyborg is DIFFERENT then."oLaudix wrote:Your definition of cyborg is wierd then.ssilk wrote:With my definition of a cyborg: why not. We are all cyborgs. :p
Who of you is wearing glasses? Who has teeth replacements? Who has had an operation and has now titanium screws in his bones? WHo is taking his mobile phone even to his bed?oLaudix wrote:Your definition of cyborg is wierd then.ssilk wrote:With my definition of a cyborg: why not. We are all cyborgs. :p
So, ok, it can be discussed, but the border is really not so far away from us.According to some definitions of the term, the physical attachments humanity has with even the most basic technologies have already made them cyborgs.