Genome fun

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

And as long as we're modifying things for fun and convenience, maybe we can make breasts that go away when we aren't using them, because seriously c'mon.

I am against this sort of thing.

DOUR,
Ook.  OOK, I SAY!

You should get breasts. Triple D. Then you would realize how totally stupid having huge wads of fat stuck to your chest are.

[P3nT4gR4m]

Gills. A pair of those and I could fucking all the tsunamis

[LMNO]

How about something that will help us survive in an increasingly toxic environment?

Pollution filters for the lungs, tougher skin to protect against UV rays, increased resistance to tainted water/food, etc.


Also,

You dream small. I dream of insects the size of a mobile home.

Kai is sounding more like a mad scientist each day.  This pleases me.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

And as long as we're modifying things for fun and convenience, maybe we can make breasts that go away when we aren't using them, because seriously c'mon.

I am against this sort of thing.

DOUR,
Ook.  OOK, I SAY!

You should get breasts. Triple D. Then you would realize how totally stupid having huge wads of fat stuck to your chest are.

The front of my brain already understands this concept.

[Kai]

How about something that will help us survive in an increasingly toxic environment?

Pollution filters for the lungs, tougher skin to protect against UV rays, increased resistance to tainted water/food, etc.


Also,

You dream small. I dream of insects the size of a mobile home.

Kai is sounding more like a mad scientist each day.  This pleases me.

Hey, it would be dinosaurs, except the Jurassic Park dreams of my childhood didn't pay out. Turns out that DNA doesn't survive 65 million years of sedimentary processes. Even collagen is usually contaminated. Jack Horner is working on giving chickens teeth, fingers, and tails, but it just isn't the same.

There are some major challenges ahead, namely, making chitin stronger and lighter, and the insect equivalent of lungs. Once we've passed the physical constraints, getting them bigger is a simple act of feeding and breeding. I think of it as a moral imperative.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

How about something that will help us survive in an increasingly toxic environment?

Pollution filters for the lungs, tougher skin to protect against UV rays, increased resistance to tainted water/food, etc.

Or maybe we could just get bigger forebrains so we would have the foresight to stop poisoning our own environment.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

How about something that will help us survive in an increasingly toxic environment?

Pollution filters for the lungs, tougher skin to protect against UV rays, increased resistance to tainted water/food, etc.

Or maybe we could just get bigger forebrains so we would have the foresight to stop poisoning our own environment.

In the 30s, the "man of the future" had a tiny body and a great big brain.



HAW HAW!  Got it BACKWARDS, just like every other prediction of the future.

[Kai]

How about something that will help us survive in an increasingly toxic environment?

Pollution filters for the lungs, tougher skin to protect against UV rays, increased resistance to tainted water/food, etc.

Or maybe we could just get bigger forebrains so we would have the foresight to stop poisoning our own environment.

Humans and foresight are incompatible. I've read a study.

[Golden Applesauce]

I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.

[Don Coyote]

I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.

Isn't projectile throwing just applied mathematics that are understood intuitively or subconsciously?

[Kai]

I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.

You'd need a huge receiver. I don't know if the transmitter is possible.

[Golden Applesauce]

I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.

Isn't projectile throwing just applied mathematics that are understood intuitively or subconsciously?

Arguably? Everything is sufficiently applied mathematics, though.

It's tricky because humanity has only ever come into contact with two real computing devices: the brain, and the computer. The computer is easier to understand (cuz we built it) and does everything through math, so it's tempting to imagine the brain works the same way. When a computer throws a projectile, it uses trigonometry and polynomials, but that doesn't imply that the human brain does. Going the other direction, I have a "predictive keyboard" on my phone that guesses the word I'm trying to type, and is aware of context. It's all probability and proximity graphs. Humans can also guess what word someone is about to say next, only they're way better at it, which suggests they might be using a different mechanism.

[Golden Applesauce]

I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.

You'd need a huge receiver. I don't know if the transmitter is possible.

If it can receive, it can transmit; just run the power backwards.

I'm OK with basing my body plan around such a thing. I'm thinking giant starfish or cephalopod, with the rigid upper shell curled inwards to form a dish, a mess of manipulators and appendages around the outer edge, and a massive central brain next to the dish for protection and shorter distance to the receiver. Since I'll need to keep the dish clear anyway, might as well cover it in photosynthetic thingies in some kind of transparent matrix instead of trying to optimize surface area.

We float in the ocean, a vast array of human-starfish satellites, basking in the sun and maintaining a shared radio-mind while we work out how to do the same trick in orbit.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

I want sense organs that can process and transmit in radio frequencies. Also a dedicated brain region for doing proper math, like we have for graphics/language/projectile throwing.

You'd need a huge receiver. I don't know if the transmitter is possible.

If it can receive, it can transmit; just run the power backwards.

I'm OK with basing my body plan around such a thing. I'm thinking giant starfish or cephalopod, with the rigid upper shell curled inwards to form a dish, a mess of manipulators and appendages around the outer edge, and a massive central brain next to the dish for protection and shorter distance to the receiver. Since I'll need to keep the dish clear anyway, might as well cover it in photosynthetic thingies in some kind of transparent matrix instead of trying to optimize surface area.

We float in the ocean, a vast array of human-starfish satellites, basking in the sun and maintaining a shared radio-mind while we work out how to do the same trick in orbit.

Commercials you can't turn off.  Well done, that man.

[Anna Mae Bollocks]

And as long as we're modifying things for fun and convenience, maybe we can make breasts that go away when we aren't using them, because seriously c'mon.

I am against this sort of thing.

DOUR,
Ook.  OOK, I SAY!

You should get breasts. Triple D. Then you would realize how totally stupid having huge wads of fat stuck to your chest are.

The front of my brain already understands this concept.

But you HAVE a front brain. Some seem not to, and would sit there and play with the breasts until they starved to death, just like the coke monkeys.