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How will you redesign your body?

Asked by SmashTheState (14245points) June 2nd, 2010

As we approach the Singularity (the point at which the curve of technology goes vertical and we become, in essence, gods), the reality of genetic engineering beginss to open before us like the lotus. When the human genome is completely unlocked, retroviral engineering will become commonplace. Already, retroviral techniques are starting to be used in fields like dentristry, to regrow teeth. One day very soon it will regrow limbs and organs.

When it becomes possible to rebuild your body however you please, what is the first change you plan to make to your design? An extra cup-holder arm? Green photosynthetic skin? Gills and webbed hands and feet? Wings? Eyes capable of seeing into the ultraviolet and infrared range? A prehensile tail? Tentacles?

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