Deep Space Wandering Fleet-Chapter 147 - 148 Human Remodeling Project
Chapter 147 -148 Human Remodeling Project
The lady was furious, her chest heaving, but for a moment, she didn’t know what to argue against.
After a while, she lifted her head and tried to counter from another angle, “Other things aside… how can we transition from our current model to this public fostering policy? Our civilization can’t withstand a civil upheaval. Not everyone is as rational as you are.”
Professor Lin waved his hand, smiling gently, “Let’s not get agitated… I’m merely tossing out an idea for discussion, the actual decision-making still requires everyone’s collective input.”
Immediately, this proposal triggered an even wider debate.
Most policies, from a human perspective, are double-edged. Implementing public fostering would undoubtedly reduce corruption and prevent class solidification.
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But it also gave rise to a series of ethical issues.
Many people knew it would bring certain benefits but found it hard to accept the proposal from the bottom of their hearts, even though calculations according to New Civilization History deemed it highly likely to be positive…
Soon, someone tried to propose some modifications: “According to statistics, children who are often hugged by their mothers tend to have more positive psychological states when they grow up. The close bond between mother and child is not just physiological; its impact on psychological development is even more subtle.”
“If you ask the children if they would like to have mothers, I guess all of them would prefer to have one without exception.”
“I think the plan for raising the next generation should be left for families to decide on their own. I believe most adults who have experienced maternal love would choose to give their children the same opportunity.”
Professor Lin took a sip of water and said, “Willing or not, it’s only because there is a comparison that such a desire exists. It would be better if there were no such options; everyone should be equal. Either everyone has maternal love, or no one does.”
“Children will enjoy affection in the care of nurturing-type robots. Moreover, we will give these nurturing robots the same rights as humans. Although they don’t have self-awareness, we will still bestow upon them dignity.”
“Minors will have a completely different circle of life from adults, a large circle primarily centered around education.”
“If we follow your plan, allowing people to retain their reproductive rights, naturally born children and artificially incubated children will create more conflicts. But if maternal love is a concept that is universally unexperienced, then there won’t be anything to choose from, nor would such a concept exist.”
Amid the noisy debates, Zhang Yuan simply reread Professor Lin’s paper in detail, including the adjustment of family structure, the whole society’s public fostering system policy, planned economy policies, and so on.
The calculations therein were very complex, and many deductions were controversial.
He found that, based solely on pure probability, this series of policies indeed had predominately positive impacts. Moreover, it changed the entire civilization at the most primal root node.
It must be mentioned that “positive” here refers to a numerical value calculated from the entropy function. An event is considered “positive” if it decreases the civilization’s entropy value, and “negative” if it increases the entropy value.
That is to say, this is a vague and dynamic process where it is difficult to predict what specific impacts the change in entropy value may bring.
What is called “improvement” might not necessarily mean “improvement” in the usual sense; it might be an overall effect that cannot be directly assessed through sensory judgment.
After about half an hour of discussion, the disagreements intensified, and disputes arose relentlessly.
“Alright… everyone, please quiet down.”
“The final discussion and voting segment will be organized at the end of the meeting. We have another proposal to consider next.” The old Captain Ma, seeming to have anticipated such a scene, gently coughed.
The Old Captain had considerable authority, and the noisy crowd gradually calmed down.
Zhang Yuan held his breath and then saw another scientist step onto the stage, presenting the second proposal.
This expert named Yamamoto Ichiro, was a bionics scholar in his early thirties, and he proposed a plan called “Human Transformation Project.”
“…As is well known, humans evolved from Earth as high-order life forms, capable of adapting to a variety of environments on Earth. However, when faced with the vast universe, they still experience a series of maladaptations.”
“This maladaptation significantly reduces humans’ desire and vitality for space exploration. Our lifespans are too short, and our bodies are too prone to death.”
“…That is, the inadequacy of our physical hardware restricts our development. To rely solely on natural evolution, on genetic selection, is utterly unrealistic. Even after a million years, or even ten million years, our bodies may not necessarily adapt to the universe.”
“Therefore, I suggest, through the use of bionics, we can fully remodel human organs and transform this maladaptation into adaptation!”
A large screen displayed an image that detailed every step of the entire body remodeling process.
The first step was to remodel the digestive system, using bionic machinery to replace the stomach, small intestines, and large intestines. From then on, humans would only need to drink a little nutrient fluid to maintain long working hours, instead of eating a meal every few hours and going to the toilet just as often, which is simply a waste of time.
The second step was the remodeling of heart and lung functions. The respiratory system would be modified, and the heart replaced with bionic organs.
The third step was to remodel the circulatory system. After replacing each organ in the body, blood circulation would be replaced with an artificial system.
The fourth step involved full-region remodeling. Aside from the brain and other parts of the nervous system, all organs, including the skin, could be replaced with bionic devices.
Humans and robots would merge into one, becoming a super silicon-based form of life!
“Except for the complex brain, which we cannot decode for the time being, nearly all human organs can be replaced!”
Yamamoto Ichiro was slightly excited, “After achieving this series of steps, we will fear no harsh living conditions! We could even survive in vacuum for extended periods!”
“We will also not fear bacteria or viruses from Outer Planets…”
“We will become…true superhumans!”
There was silence in the venue for a while.
Zhang Yuan listened with his heart pounding in waves.
He carefully mulled over the data on the screen. Running 100 meters within five seconds, doing a standing long jump for 10 meters, high jumping as tall as a two-story building… Is this still human?
Before long, the venue was buzzing with a surge of whispers.
Though it sounded like a promising future, not many people were truly inspired.
The thought of cutting out one of your organs to replace it with a bionic machine sounded quite strange…
In fact, as biology blossomed, bionics technology was rapidly evolving, too, and it once had a craze over Earth.
The main reason was its affordability. If the poor were to get injured at work, sustaining disabilities or organ damage, they would opt for cheaper bionic organs.
For the rich, biological organ cloning was already quite mature. If an organ turned diseased, those wealthy would prefer to install a biological clone instead of bionic machinery. They believed that this was the only way to remain purely human.
This disdainful hierarchy had always existed. Having bionic organs installed was like becoming disabled. Even finding a wife became much more difficult.
