Re:I hacked my body for a future that never came
by icebraining on Saturday July 22, 2017 @05:37PM
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I disagree, our body is pretty limited. Pretty limited field of vision and weak detection of dangerous gases and liquids, for example.
Also, flaky sensors too. My mother recently had a couple of episodes of BPPV[1], and in the process I found that a lot of people have it at some point in their lives. A friend of ours had vertigo for almost a month(!) and was absolutely incapacitated.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benign_paroxysmal_positional_v...
Re:I hacked my body for a future that never came
by anotheryou on Sunday July 23, 2017 @07:21AM
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I nearly never encounter undetectable dangerous gases or liquids. A simple beeper or probe would do there, no need for a new sense.
Flaky sensors is something else, when a sense breaks down it makes very much sense to replace it.
Re:I hacked my body for a future that never came
by icebraining on Sunday July 23, 2017 @02:52PM
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What about the field of vision? As cars become quieter, I'd love to be able to "sense" one coming from behind, especially when I'm walking in rural roads with small shoulders.
Our body is pretty good at all the relevant stuff of our physical world :). And in the digital the interesting stuff is high-level or can be automated or removed.