Would you replace your body with an entirely mechanical one?

Question

If it looked the same, and you could still feel, but it was faster, stronger, and smarter than your organic body.

Answer 1

No. There is one part with which I am completely satisfied and see no need to change... however, I suppose you mean that my body was damaged/ destroyed/ wearing out and I needed to change it in order to stay alive.

Full body prostheses have been imagined since the Tin Man of Oz. But remember, once his middle was tin, he no longer had a heart and no longer loved the young lady.

There is an excellent story titled Masks, about a man who went through an accident and was placed in a full-body prosthesis. (I can't remember the author, but it is a classic.)

Full body prostheses are only one of many proposed methods of immortality (other than simple freezing which would not confer the advantages of mobility and awareness.) There are also:

1) Replacement of organs by means of transplants

2) 'Coring', transplantation of the central nervous system to an entire new body, usually by means of cloning (would otherwise require much more anti-rejection meds than we currently have.)

3) Tranfer of memories to a complete new clone-body (with a fresh brain; often referred to as being revived as a 'corpsicle')

4) Storage of one's entire memories in a sophisticated data-retrieval network (usually envisioned as a temporary stage prior to #3.)

5) #4, with the addition of a robot body, such as you mention.

6) Noncorporeal existence, whether as magnetic patterns on disk, beams of radiation aimed out into space, or in some as-yet-undiscovered system of force fields, etc.

7) Books written by you, monuments dedicated to you, the body of your life's work and achievements. (Cultural immortality, such as Shakespeare and Sherlock Holmes.)

8) Prevention of aging in our current bodies (stopping the aging process prior to sexual maturity, to avoid overpopulation with unnecessary future generations.)

9) Reversal of aging in our current bodies (requiring some mechanism akin to a Star-Trek teleporter for the removal of dead or malfunctioning cells and inert molecules from living cells, and the replacement of fresh stem cells where they are needed.)

For an interesting overview of these non-theistic methods of proposed immortality, see Larry Niven's classic novel A World Out of Time. Nearly all of them are examined there.

Answer 2

No, they at the instant are not obtainable, a minimum of no longer interior the forseeable destiny. that's fairly complicated to estimate while such advancements will arrive, because of the fact that what scientists are engaged on now, is to enhance the human physique with synthetic parts, as adversarial to changing all the organs interior the physique. for extra archives in this, that's fairly useful to study up extra on transhumanism and Human Enhancement techniques. And thirdly, no. Your terminator nightmares are nevertheless very far off from transforming into actuality. except they use time holiday, of course.

Answer 3

No machines wear out much more quickly than human organs.

Answer 4

Uummm, hell no I like the body just the way it is even though I am constantly worrying about the way I look

Answer 5

Many parts are replaceable

Answer 6

Yes, but only if you throw in a free penis enlargement and an iPod jack

Answer 7

Sure why not. This one is falling apart on a daily basis.

Answer 8

I would like to try it out first, then I would decide.

Answer 9

no i'll just keep this one God gave me.