From: Doug Jones (djones@xcor.com)
Date: Mon May 06 2002 - 15:47:40 MDT
Adrian Tymes wrote:
>
> Michael M. Butler wrote:
>
> > http://www.iht.com/articles/56780.htm
> >
> > Puts a new perspective (for me, at least) on the genomics debate.
>
> Slightly more readable version at
> http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/05/international/asia/05LEGS.html
>
> It seems to be more related to modification of existing bodies than
> to genomics. I wonder: if this type of body modification were to become
> routine (cheap, reliable, few if any defects, widely available), would
> this spur a "height race" among the parts of the world that had access
> to it? How far would such a race go, before stabilizing (if it would),
> and what would be the cause of stabilization (limits of human body,
> strained interactions with the non-"up"graded, or something else)?
Heh. It would end when the users looked like anime characters or barbie
dolls, with freakishly long legs- unless one could do the same trick for
vertebra.
Come to think of it, I have a vertebra (T12) which I'd like to have
repaired, if possible. That and my L5 disc, both knees, my rotator
cuffs...
Growing old sucks, but it beats the alternative.
-- Doug Jones, Rocket Plumber XCOR Aerospace
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