08-24-2018, 04:34 PM | #521 |
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There are people now that don't like being forced to do all sorts of common mandatory things. I don't seer why that would change in a plausible future or alternate universe. Unless you want to go full dystopian mind control.
Having one's fundamental personality and mental functions changed is I feel a bit more basic of a liberty violation than paying taxes, vaccinations, or what have you.
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08-24-2018, 06:07 PM | #522 |
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You are aware that some right wing radicals use the same argument against public schooling. I said this setting had scary elements.
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08-24-2018, 06:37 PM | #524 |
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Assuming the setting starts out like TNG Trek, what sort of mods suddenly show up in a war for existence like what would happen vs the Borg? Given some of the description of the Dominion, they already do this to varying degrees. Likely better than being a subject race of the Klingons, Romulans, Cardassians, etc. etc., etc. but not by much.
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08-24-2018, 07:13 PM | #525 |
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I do not think that biomods can give Empathy (maybe the Empath Talent, but not Empathy). Now, a proteus virus could give someone the Delusion that they possess Empathy, which could be real scary if the Delusion was ubiquitous. When it comes to brainwashing though, it just works better when you have a telepath around to tell you if it worked.
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08-24-2018, 08:52 PM | #526 |
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I have at best quirk low empathy. I most certainly would not want anything approaching Gurps Empathy.
I want to deal with my many limitations and disadvantages on my own terms. Imagine forcing all deaf people to get hypothetical good as normal hearing treatments. You would have a literal riot.
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08-24-2018, 09:08 PM | #528 |
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Something that obvious would have been corrected in the uterus. Some of the more subtle mental quirks might wait until adolescence, or later.
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The issue is much more complicated that "just fix everything I consider a disorder regardless of what they want."
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