On Apr 13, 10:01=A0am, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> tphile wrote:
> > On Apr 12, 6:03 pm, Sea Wasp <seawaspObvi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Here's a question for you. Some time in the future,
you'=
re handed the
> >>op****tunity to choose one character, or perhaps an amalgam of a couple
> >>of characters, from some fictional source and build him or her. (we'll
> >>leave aside the morality of doing this -- assume if you like that
> >>you're someone with your fiction tastes but a big blind spot in that
> >>specific area).
>
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0You have Almost Sufficiently Advanced Tech available:
yo=
u can
> >>construct human genetics to produce a given appearance (height,
> >>weight, color of hair and eyes, etc.), you can splice in traits of
> >>other species or make new ones. You CANNOT violate the laws of
> >>physics, but you have advanced nanotech available to PUSH the laws of
> >>physics, and some Near Unobtainium (ring-carbon composite) which is
> >>super strong and tough; you also have room-temperature
> >>superconductors. If you like, you can put them in a controlled,
> >>VR-capable environment (including sensory inputs) which will simulate
> >>their "native location" and allow you to at least partially make up
> >>for not controlling the laws of time and space.
>
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Restrictions: The character must be from some SF/F
type =
source that
> >>was popular during its release (or is well-known from some general
> >>source -- Hercules, for instance). So, for instance, my character
> >>Verne Domingo wouldn't be eligible, but Honor Harrington is.
>
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0So who do you choose?
>
> >>--
> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0Sea Wasp
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> >> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0;;; =A0 =A0
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> > Honor Harrington without Nimitz or a space fleet would be dull.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 You could give her those with a VR/Simulant setting for
he=
r to live
> in. No problem.
>
> > Give me Modesty Blaise or Heinleins Friday anytime.
>
> > But Dr Frankentein of Stepford,
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 That's FRAUNKUNSCHTEEN!
>
> >why be limited to human?
> > We got plenty of those around already.
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 Because I am not mad! We are trying to make the ultimate
h=
uman (or
> near human) beings, not create another species which may (in true Mad
> Science tradition) decide we are superfluous!
>
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 (Ignore those Sauron Supermen, Eugenics War survivors,
etc=
.., behind
> the curtain!)
>
> --
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Doc Savage, The Man of Bronze obviously
for the gals, I'd still go with Modesty Blaise, or Barbara Batgirl/
Oracle Gordon.
which afaik is as close as one might get to a female Doc or Reed
Richards.
Then the goal is to focus on nurture instead of nature. Develop the
training
method that brings out the best potential in all humans. and so they
can still
think of themselves as human
The lessons of most SF is that with the gifts of the gods and
superman, immortality etc
then you risk losing your sense of humanity with your fellow man and
become a monster instead
of hero.
tphile
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