Could we make Superheros

Oman · 01-07-2007 01:26AM #1

I've been thinking about this for a while and i then i thought i'll just ask here.

ok theroretically it is possible to alter someones dna and so theroretically it is possibly to make someone jump higher or run faster or maybe even fly somehow so theroetically we could make super hero. Right?

Offalycool · 02-07-2007 11:10PM

With Bionic implants and Genetic manipulation who knows what’s possible... the soldier of the future! Totally unquestioning, external control by battlefield HQ, extended life expectancy through an internal pharmacy, superior strength and sensory ability. The ethical questions are enormous.

DadaKopf · 02-07-2007 11:33PM

Like this?

bonkey · 03-07-2007 07:48AM

Oman wrote:

so theroetically we could make super hero. Right?

That depends on what you mean

Almost every super-hero defies the laws of physics on a regular basis. Good n all though we may like to believe our science is, defying the laws of physics is still a bit beyond our abilities

mathias · 03-07-2007 09:03AM

ok theroretically it is possible to alter someones dna

In all recorded cases any altering of an individuals DNA is a bad thing , a degenerative process leading to illness or death. There is no evidence of any beneficial altering of anyones DNA , that is comic book fantasy.

In most cases , an individuals DNA remains the same throughout life. What you are born with is what you die with.

In terms of genetically engineering a super man or organism ( including disease resistant crops etc.
) , theoretically ( and it is just theoretically in the case of man ! ) this would be an artificial selective breeding process , and not a transformation of any individual organisms DNA in situ.

Evangelion · 10-07-2007 11:24AM

Offalycool wrote:

extended life expectancy through an internal pharmacy, superior strength and sensory ability. The ethical questions are enormous.

I don't see the ethical problems with extending soemones life, or improving them physically. we do it every day with modern drugs.

I'm not sure, but I think I've heard we don't use our muscles to their maximum potential, similar to the brain

Capt'n Midnight · 18-07-2007 10:43PM

You could make some changes but the problem with messing with DNA is that it has knock on effects. Neandertals were big guys, Arnie would be a wimp compared to them. Birds have better lungs, eyes and low frequency hearing than we have, also lighter bones means they less deadweight so they'd run and jump faster.

GuanYin · 18-07-2007 10:56PM

I doubt genetic manipulation would ever see the light of day but I could tell you a story.

There was a large military research project funded in a romanesque state that I shall not name that basically aimed to develop batman like suits for soldiers.

One aspect of it focused on polymer science and charge interactions and although it is widely believed that the project never made it to phase two of funding, if you search BBC website, and offshoot of the technology is mentioned as a commercial application today and was accepted recently by Nature.

Of course, there were many other research projects including wound healing applications, artificial/hydratable blood and cloaking technology but no publications ever arose before the current nature paper.

[/tin foil hat]

Rossibaby · 31-07-2007 01:33AM

every human mutation is possible...i mean if someone is born with more muscle mass than someone else it doesnt make them superhuman,but if that was taken to the extreme it could be perceived as such...sure a human that used 50% of his or her brain would by all accounts be classed as superhuman even though it is within our capabilities

Could we make Superheros

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