•4:11 PM
Last night, I watched the show , Ripley's Believe it or Not ( Philippine version), in GMA 7. It featured cybernetics and the possible existence and reign of cyborgs in the near future.
Cyborg - is a human being whose body has been taken over in whole or in part by electromechanical devices.
Cybernetics was defined by Norbert Wiener, as the study of control and communication in the animal and the machine.
The professor of Cybernetics, Kevin Warwick, told that it's possible for cyborgs to be more intelligent than human beings and to dominate the world one day. He added that superman or superheroes would probably come to reality. He, himself, is a half cyborg. He has undergone an operation in which circuits were implanted in his body. Whenever he enters his house or office, the computer will automatically check his mails, the lights will turn on & the doors will open automatically, etc.. What a cyborg can do is really amazing? Furthermore, it's Professor Warwick who's amazed first; in fact, he has influenced his wife to undergo an operation to be a half cyborg as well.
Kevin Warwick is a British scientist and professor of cybernetics at the University of Reading, UK . He is probably best known for his studies on direct interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, although he has done much research in the field of robotics.
Anyway, I'm afraid of the probable disadvantages of the existence of cyborgs in the near future. I can't imagine they'll dominate the world. What will happen to the real human beings - their followers? What will happen to the world? Will there be chaos, trouble or war?
I think there's disadvantages at times of having high intelligence, an advanced technology and great scientists. They may help bring chaos among people and may lead people to suffer in the near future.
Someday, I hope cyborgs will bring more advantages than disadvantages, as well as, will not grow big in terms of population if ever they really exist.
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