Meaningfully Merging Man and Machine

Many people fear the day when humans will choosedarn good.
to merge with machines, as they believe that it will beWhen sitting down and looking at building an artificial
the beginning of the end for humanity. They say thatknee I had considered using a piece of carbon
we will cease from being human and what it means tonanotube foam over an artificial knee. The body would
be human. They say it will be lead to death by robot,grow into foam, which is attached to the knee and the
or by robotic replacement, where one day you aretendons. Then there would be a dual track "Y" split
mostly human and then the next you will be mostlyblood vessel that presoaked the flesh growing in the
robotic and non-human. They say that there can be nocarbon nanotube foam and thru a membrane, which
meaningful way to merging man and machine. Theyallowed nutrients into the foam piece. Although the
say that if God wanted us to be non-organic he wouldtechnology to do this is not quite available yet it soon
have made a world of machines and humanoid robots,will be. In any case I have been thinking on this but
not human beings.nothing yet concrete enough to warrant a try. But I
Well one day a member of the Think Tank ask meimagine very soon such technologies will be available.
about making an artificial knee, as their current kneeSo for the critics who say it is impossible to
was shot and no longer any good even after manyMeaningfully Merge Man and Machine, I would like to
different surgeries. Since that day, I considered thekick you in the knee and then the other knee. You see
opposite point of the view from the critics of artificialI am for advancing such technologies; Rah Rah Ree!
robotic parts. Today I have a steel rod in my leg fromThink on it.
a motorcycle accident and you know it works pretty