Eccentric

"It is my understanding that they have not even made any nanobots yet" Actualy i think that you will find that they have created a nano bot, it is able to raom freely about, most of this research is in early stages of development. In reply to your comment about us only being tought it because they feel they have to. They arn't teaching it to us at all, we were given the task to research and create our own hypothesis on how we think man and machine will be intergrated in the coming years. Also, as for your beliefs that nanobots will never be able to convey nueral messages fair enough, you don't have to think out of the box, but if you don't then you shall not be able to go anyhwere. Whilst at the moment it is theretically impossible to have a robot convey and pass on the neural messages it is not entirely impossible, scientists have given a man two artifical arms that he can contral as if they were his own. Another interesting fact it this, the human body uses many means to 'encrypt' the signals that it is carrying in it neural network, so far people have been able to crack some of these codes, this is how they managed to create this man his new arms, by studying the electrical impulses they managed to read it and replicate it. http://www.livescience.com/technology/0509...lest_robot.html - Link to the smallest nano/microbot http://www.engadget.com/2005/06/23/bionic-...-with-his-mind/ - Link to the 'bionic' man i was describing

Thankyou, I just need a christians perspective on the topic, you need not to know much. Some of the bad things that we have had to think about is modern terrorism, if they got hold of the hardware it could be reprogrammed to become a mechanical virus. But worse, if they were capable of reproducing as Dr. Eric Dexler speculated about then the terrorist coud quite possibly destroy everything.

I was hoping for some discussion on the moral implications, from what i can see christianity likes to keep the body pure and away from science except perhaps medical science. What we are suggesting that will happen in the fuure is that the nanobots could be programmed then injected into the body to perform the programmed task. I need to know how this would morally impact your opinions.

Hey, I am a 17 year old student currently studying Information technology: British national diploma in the UK. At the moment we have been set a task to look into how we think mankind and machines may be interacting with each other in the near future but we also need to look into the complications, I and my friends can answer many of the complications by our selves but the one we are struggling with is religion. None of us are really religious and we need a religious point of view on the subject. My question is: What problems would different faiths have with the augmentation of nanobots in to the human body to cure such problems as brain damage, internal bleeding, cancer, conveying messages via the nervous system? We have also come to decide that they could be used in cosmetics as well or in the work place to do such tasks as strengthen muscles for physical jobs, improve reaction times for warfare o on the other hand you could use it for pure vanity by using them to reconstruct your facial bone structures. What would be your opinions on that? Sorry for the long post but we need some answer as we have to have our presentation finished for tomorrow. Thanks in advance, Eccentric.