By: Hannah

Hannah — Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:14:23 +0000

Very interesting. It seems as though the microchip has desireable applications, such as helping paraplegics to walk again, and even the pacemaker has helped to prolong life. It seems better than using organs from other humans and animals. Taking a life to help another life seems unjust. The technology does not seem completely safe, as Warwick mentioned. If the chip is contained in glass, it could shatter easily if any pressure was applied, and may cause more damage, perhaps even death, from internal bleeding if the shards of glass were to reach precious organs. But perhaps they’ll come up with a way to make it safer. If we start upgrading the human body using microchips, how far would we go…eventually, perhaps we may even come to the point where we become machines, and instead of producing human babies, the act of creation would entail just making more machines with our hands, with a set of instructions to follow. There would be no mystery in creation anymore…

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By: Hannah