-Do you support the development of a "bionic" person?
I support the use of prosthetics- which have been around for over 3,000 years ( ancient mummies in Egypt were found wearing wooden toes). I had an injury that left me with a prosthetic foot, it was designed to make my life a little bit easier after being in bed with physical rehabilitation for over 6 months. It is only recently with the advances in robotics and computing power that have been incorporated into artificial limbs assisting disabled people.
However, when it comes to trans-humanism-that is another story-Or creating a robot with human parts-- that is another story as well. I wonder about the bionic man- does creating something so human like threaten notion of what it means to be human and what amount of body enhancement is acceptable and who would have access to these life extending technologies?
-Would your view change if this were for a military purpose?
No- currently, there are over 19 military exoskeletons - wearable robotics.In 2010- the human universal load carrier was introduced full body suits for soldier mobility augmentation. I am against anything that is used to kill other human beings or living systems. So I do not support bionic technology in this context. We have too much violence in this world.
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