by Kylon » Wed 14 Jun 2006, 12:20:16
I would like to do some genetic alterations to myself, and eventually become a different species.
I would like to enlarge the anterior cingulate(what I would consider the single most important part of the brain for cognitive performance) at least 10 fold, the right medial prefrontal cortex enlarged(delayed gratification center), the frontal frontal lobes enlarged, weirneckes area(meaning, primary neuroregulator of the prefrontal cortex) enlarged, the parietal association cortex(alot of our creativity) enlarged.
I would want to massive increase the growth of the hippocampus, olfactory bulb, and amygdala, meanwhile eliminating NOGO(nogo is a myelin inhibitory factor, which induces proliferation within those three brain regions, while inhibiting regeneration within the rest of the brain and the spinal cord. Eliminating of NOGO would lead to fantastic neural regenerative abilities, and the ability to learn skills or languages at an extremely fast rate).
I would want the body to produce cellulase, so I, and my descendants would be able to consume all non-toxic foliage. Limitless food supply.
I would like to modify the ASPM gene, the main gene that regulates the size of the cerebral cortex, make that MUCH, MUCH, larger.
I would want my body to produce telomerase in all cells, while simulataneously eliminating telomerase inhibiting molecules. Ontop of this, I would like my body to have a SUPER, SUPER strong immune system, which was geared up to kill cancer. I already have this mapped out in my brain how the mechanics of this would work. The immune system would also be hyper reactive, so even a slight variation in healthy cell behavior would lead to it being attacked.
The super strong, super reactive immune system would take care of the increased possibility for cancer. Essentially, even though the cancer cells would be in greater numbers, the strength of my white blood cells(thanks to a super long telomere strand) would be nearly as great as that of the cancer.
I would want my body to manufacture more antioxidants, and other vital nutrients in larger numbers.
I would want increased regeneration. I would want my body to heal super, super fast, and grow very, very easily.
Ontop of that, I would want to modify the genes so that they are like the genes modified in the limb regenerating mice(only 4 or 5 genes, I believe). So that I could lose a finger, or my descendants could lose a finger, and it could grow back.
I would want the ability to in a sense, "lay a womb", filled with eggs. I would want both male and female to have this ability. The womb like thing would grow, then come out of the host, where it would feed ravenously on food that you would feed it from it's surrounding environment.
Once the womb had fully grown, and was healthy, you'd lay eggs, or you'd fertilize eggs. The eggs would then grow to a sufficient size, and after words, the infant would be born. This would eliminate painful childbirth for the mother/father.
Besides acting as a womb, the hive, would produce nutrients, and have more of it's functions dedicated towards that. It would have an extremely strong immune system(depending on it's level of growth), it would nurse infants. It would also burrow/send roots into the ground, and look for water.
I was also thinking, it would be nice if it could/would, in a sense send off shooters, to produce plant like life, and would absorb sunlight, and(I have multiple ideas on how to convert ambient thermal energy from the air, but one of them involves a chemical process), it, if that process works, could use that process to produce food/energy/resources for the womb/hive.
I was thinking that this thing could in a sense, expand into a dwelling.
So we'de have a living organic dwelling, that would also grow nutrients.
I was thinking my descendants would have a type of scale armor that their exteriors would have, and ontop of that extremely good claws(but retaining fingers and opposable thumbs, for the work of whatever they want to do). This would eradicate the need for clothing.
Since the male and female would no longer need to merge, but instead would merge with the womb, then the scales wouldn't get in the way of procreation(to my descendants this would be just as fun, if not more so, than sexual intercourse, because this would be their form of sexual intercourse).
If my idea for conversion of ambient thermal energy through chemical means works, then the scales along with being extremely strong, and good insulation, would be thermal converters, providing power/energy resources, to the descendant.
As long as people like me exist, EVOLUTION WILL MOVE FORWARD!
) where the world will be much more mysterious and diverse.
