Russian Billionaire - Humans Immortal by 2045

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  1. NickNitro

    NickNitro Extra Terrestrial

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    http://www.hindustantimes.com/HTNex...humans-immortal-by-2045/Article1-1036706.aspx

    A Russian billionaire has unveiled plans to make humans immortal by converting them into 'Terminator-style' cyborgs - a creature that's part human and part machine - within the next three decades.


    The so called 'Cyborg' will have no physical form, and exist in a network similar to the Internet and be able to travel at the speed of light all over the Earth, or even into the space.

    Itskov's first highly ambitious goal, called Avatar A, involves a person controlling a robotic human replica through a brain-machine interface (BMI), a technology that already exists.
     
    #1 NickNitro, Apr 3, 2013
  2. THE MR. TERRIFIC

    THE MR. TERRIFIC HYPES KING OF COSPLAY

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    Nuts! Will never happen.
     
    #2 THE MR. TERRIFIC, Apr 3, 2013
  3. Kane52630

    Kane52630 Veridis Quo

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  4. Ultimatehero

    Ultimatehero Life is infinite

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    Who would want to become a cyborg?

    Okay... wrong forum to ask that question on...
     
    #4 Ultimatehero, Apr 3, 2013
  5. NickNitro

    NickNitro Extra Terrestrial

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    Exactly........its coming. Are you prepared to live forever?
     
    #5 NickNitro, Apr 3, 2013
  6. Enriquespy

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    Im up for it.
     
    #6 Enriquespy, Apr 3, 2013
  7. Ultimatehero

    Ultimatehero Life is infinite

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    TRAITOR!!!! :cmad:

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    #7 Ultimatehero, Apr 3, 2013
  8. terry78

    terry78 My name is Stefan, sweet thang

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    Must be this dude.
     
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  9. Duke

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    I wonder if this Russian guy was doing acid when he came with this idea??
     
    #9 Duke, Apr 3, 2013
  10. Soapy

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    Transhumanism is inevitable.
     
    #10 Soapy, Apr 3, 2013
  11. The Squirrel

    The Squirrel Le Rongeur

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    "Come with me if you want to live... forever." Should be his slogan.
     
    #11 The Squirrel, Apr 3, 2013
  12. SpideyForPrez

    SpideyForPrez Pandering to Webublicans

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    Cyborgs already exist.

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    #12 SpideyForPrez, Apr 3, 2013
  13. GENERAL RAAM582

    GENERAL RAAM582 A Rebellion Built on Hope

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    Hopefully I'll be included, I'll be 50.
     
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  14. Nathan

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    Honestly, I wouldn't want to. I'll keep my **** intact just the way it is. Unless I lose a limb in a tragic accident, then we can talk.
     
    #14 Nathan, Apr 3, 2013
  15. Enriquespy

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    Just a matter of time, we will be just binary code in a few decades.
     
    #15 Enriquespy, Apr 3, 2013
  16. childeroland

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    So the future is going to be a Greg Egan novel. Will we lose our gender too? :)
     
    #16 childeroland, Apr 3, 2013
  17. KevanG

    KevanG Pragmatic Villain

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    Don't be silly Roland. WE SHALL BECOME ALL GENDERS!
     
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  18. Thundercrack85

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    I'd argue that this is actually a rather crude way of gaining immortality.

    I don't know if it will be ready by 2045, but you could achieve immortality with nanotechnology (microscopic machines in your body that make sure you don't age).

    Or advanced bioengineering. Hypothetically cancer could give us the cure to stop aging.

    But hey, there's more than one way to skin a cat.
     
    #18 Thundercrack85, Apr 3, 2013
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    Something like this might be possible eventually, but I think 2045 is pushing it.
     
    #19 Schlosser85, Apr 3, 2013
  20. terry78

    terry78 My name is Stefan, sweet thang

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    We were supposed to be like the Jetsons in 2005. Real life never moves as fast as science fiction.
     
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  21. Thundercrack85

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    It never hurts to be ambitious.

    Unless of course you're the test subject.
     
    #21 Thundercrack85, Apr 3, 2013
  22. titansupes

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    Marty McFly's flying car, instant Pizza, quick dry/magic fit clothes future is two years away. I've yet to see any of those things. :( So yeah. Sometimes things don't go according to schedule.

    That said, if by some miracle it did... I'd be about 54 or 55 by the time it becomes feasible.
     
    #22 titansupes, Apr 3, 2013
  23. NickNitro

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    How do you explain the speed of cell phone/computer/tablet technology? By the time it took me to write this a new Galaxy was just invented and Sony just created a TV that outputs higher than 4k resolution
     
    #23 NickNitro, Apr 4, 2013
  24. Mike_D202

    Mike_D202 Green Lantern's roommate

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    Can you imagine the problems of this idea even if it was possible? Downloading our brain into a computer and loading ourselves onto multiple cyborgs from all over the world. You have to look at the basic problems we have with computers and the internet today, can you imagine a virus infecting our transmission and we turn into serial killers? And what if we multiply ourselves (pirating for example), you get jailed with your murderous clone?

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  25. Shockdingo

    Shockdingo Symbiote luvin' loon

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    Noo! This will interfere with my plans to become old and threaten the youngins that'll besmirch mah lawn!
     
    #25 Shockdingo, Apr 5, 2013
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