Would you become a cyborg?

[Sabena Shai]

A simple yes/no question, yet a lot of people put a lot of thought into it.

Obviously, there's some pretty advanced stuff for amputees and those with physical challenges such as this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qUPnnROxvY

But soon, there may be a time where one has to ask whether or not they become a cyborg despite not having any major physical debilities - sort of like with Deus Ex.

Would you jump at the opportunity to become a cyborg, or would you stay as natural as possible?

 

[Darth Carnifex]

Become a fething cyborg?

Not even a debate, ofc I'd become a cyborg.

 

[Morgan Redeaux]

I'm already a cyborg IC and somewhat OCC because I have metal in my body from an injury.

So a resounding yes!

 

[Zik'l]

I would totally become a cyborg. The only thing I wouldn't outright replace is my brain.

 

[Artemis Vahl'Nyx]

If fixing my health issues could be solved by becoming a cyborg: Yes.
If becoming a cyborg could make life easier: Yes.
If becoming a cyborg let me do cool stuff: Yes.
If I could just to do it: Probably not. Wouldn't be cheap (most likely)

 

[Darth Veles]

No.

The thought of voluntarily having parts of my body removed to replace them with cybernetics scares me. I mean, if I lose my limbs in an accident or need to get my organs removed due to illness, then I will obviously take any replacement, but to purposely remove my body parts for the sake of having artificial limbs/organs? That is just creepy.

 

[Beowoof]

No. Absolutely not.

There are too many ways someone (or something) could incapacitate or kill me, or simply invade my privacy in every possible way. Or perhaps even control me.

The only way you could get me to agree to any cybernetic enhancements is if it were a matter of life-or-death, or life-or-horrible life.

 

[Josh Dragovalor]

I'm too good looking to become a cyborg.

 

[Lurcano Car'dann]

OOC? Hell no not ever.

IC? Probably not. Lurcano is a racist motherkarker, and he doesn't really hold with that poodoo. If it got to the point where the offer would be to good to refuse, he might trade in his left arm or maybe an eye? Nothing outside of that though, and anyway. That would make Ion weaponry super effective against me.

 

[Sabena Shai]

I would actually jump at the opportunity for physical (and even mental) augmentation, even if I have no physical deficiencies (I'm not an amputee, for example).

This assumes the cybernetic parts are within my tolerances for reliability and privacy. Obviously, the level of reliability current cybernetics has versus the human body doesn't meet my tolerance, yet it might in the future.

My reasoning for this is simple: maintaining the human body just to live healthily costs a lot in time and money. The money part is fine since I can always make more money, but it's the time it takes just to live that's annoying to me since I cannot get lost time back.

Take a 24 hour day. If you have a healthy sleep cycle, it's normally 8 hours of sleep. Add in time it is just to eat healthy, and you can throw in another hour for cooking, actual eating, and cleaning. On average, one spends roughly 30 extra minutes for exercise if one's job doesn't involve manual labor. Throw in another 30 minutes for hygiene/bio. On average, a healthy person will spend 10 out of 24 hours just to live. Any less than that usually ends up producing some health issues - which will then cost more money and time to resolve. Throw in one's time for work and commute, and the amount of free time a person actually has per day is usually 4 hours or less.

So any cybernetic parts that reduce the amount of time I need in order to maintain my body would be welcomed by me - and this is ignoring the possibility of those parts even pushing past the physical and mental limitations of the human body.

 

[Noah Corek]

[member="Sabena Shai"]

If wouldn't become a cyborg per say. I would spring for something like genetic augmentation so instead of replacing body parts it would improve your body parts.

 

[Adenn Gra'tua]

I would actually jump at the opportunity for physical (and even mental) augmentation, even if I have no physical deficiencies (I'm not an amputee, for example).

This assumes the cybernetic parts are within my tolerances for reliability and privacy. Obviously, the level of reliability current cybernetics has versus the human body doesn't meet my tolerance, yet it might in the future.

My reasoning for this is simple: maintaining the human body just to live healthily costs a lot in time and money. The money part is fine since I can always make more money, but it's the time it takes just to live that's annoying to me since I cannot get lost time back.

Take a 24 hour day. If you have a healthy sleep cycle, it's normally 8 hours of sleep. Add in time it is just to eat healthy, and you can throw in another hour for cooking, actual eating, and cleaning. On average, one spends roughly 30 extra minutes for exercise if one's job doesn't involve manual labor. Throw in another 30 minutes for hygiene/bio. On average, a healthy person will spend 10 out of 24 hours just to live. Any less than that usually ends up producing some health issues - which will then cost more money and time to resolve. Throw in one's time for work and commute, and the amount of free time a person actually has per day is usually 4 hours or less.

So any cybernetic parts that reduce the amount of time I need in order to maintain my body would be welcomed by me - and this is ignoring the possibility of those parts even pushing past the physical and mental limitations of the human body.

I totally agree with this, now I'm not sure how enthusiastic I would be when actually confronted about replacing my limbs, but I could definitely see at one point replacing my hands or arms, nothing internal though, too close to my heart . But if the technology was good enough, then I'd probably slowly start turnin' myself into a cyborg , to a certain extent.

 

[Aran Finn]

If I ever get WIA, the military may upgrade me as they see fit