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An Alternate Human
B0b Barker writes "What has six limbs, a prehensile tail, its brain in its chest, and reproductive organs in its mouth? The alternate human designed by biologist PZ Myers in Remaking Humanity, a story in Forbes.com's package on Reinvention. It may sound fantastic, but researchers are already working to re-build DNA, proteins and cells in a new field called synthetic biology, and we may have to meet these bug-eyed freaks sometime in our lifetime."
how's that a change?
...Having reproductive organs in the mouth would make my life far too complicated.
...look suspiciously like the Flying Spaghetti Monster?
Sig? - yeah, whatever.
"we may have to meet these bug-eyed freaks sometime in our lifetime"
Dare to dream. Personally, I say we drop everything and try to make the reception on cell phones better.
This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it. - Dorothy Parker
"What has six limbs, a prehensile tail, its brain in its chest, and reproductive organs in its mouth?"
My last date.
I guess that precludes chilli and bony fish — just cold rice pudding and hot grits from now on!
I present you the five-assed monkey!
http://religiousfreaks.com/Even though 99.9999% of all gods are about as real as the Easter Bunny
.0001% there, buddy. Next time don't do the calculation on an old Pentium.
You're off by
The brain stops working when the temp goes outside a certain range
Salaried employees aren't much better either.
There's no particular necessity that the brain would form in the head
In modern humans the heart is positioned midway between the brain and the genitals, pumping blood to both.
Kyle: Watch out Stan, genetic engineers are crazy!!!
South Park, Episode 105, An Elephant Makes Love to a Pig
"...reproductive organs in its mouth"
Whose?
${YEAR+1} is going to be the year of Linux on the desktop!
For this reason, I wouldn't expect many species to evolve with a larger-than-necessary distance between their brain and their sensory organs (unless such creature evolved a much faster method of conducting nerve impulses than we possess).
So you're saying they should add fiber-optic nerve pathways to this new super human... I like the way you think!
I find laziness to be an excellent motivator.
bothering around with all this DNA stuff, why not just remove the bottom two ribs?? Then, we can our own reporductive organs in our mouth!
Why didn't I get the beta to Spore too?
You better watch out, there may be dogs about . .
We will wear our underroos on our head?
Perhaps you're talking about moving to a sitting position, on a flat surface, but I think having our knees go the other direction would make sitting on a chair extremely difficult -- where would I put my feet, slung over my shoulder?
Note to self: Stop putting jokes in my insightful comments so I can get something other than +1 Funny!
Unless we start building household fabricators that can handle the demand, manufacturers of clothing, medical gear, and personal care products are going to have to come up with whole new lines to support each new model of human.
I mean, dang! Imagine trendy parents who have kids of four different models. Back to school clothes shopping would be a real bitch. "Oh, look Tiffany, Sextopodal Kids "R" Us is having a sale on those . . . RONALD! Get your hands out of your mouth this instance!"
"I, for one, welcome our new genetically engineered alternate human overlords." /.?
I can't believe I had to be the one to say this. WTF is happening to
Serving your airship needs since 1995.
that babies are made when mommy and daddy kiss a lot.
He's had a lot of people feel his feet.
I'll never make that mistake again, reading the experts' opinions. - Feynman
We've known for years that many (if not most) people have a brain in their colon. It is the natural result of having your head up your ass.
I flinch when your wife tells me that too. Man, she can go on for hours. She talks forever too.
jX [ Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler. - Einstein ]