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- From: jdnicoll@prism.ccs.uwo.ca (James Davis Nicoll)
- Subject: Re: Assorted Thoughts on a "Furry" World Setting
- Organization: University of Western Ontario, London
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 02:32:55 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov22.184100.8929@iscsvax.uni.edu>, peacock5293@iscsvax.uni.edu (Greywolf) writes:
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- > b) If a synthie leaves your corporation, at least it won't be starting a
- > family elsewhere. If you've got a really good "design", you would
- > still have the control over "production" of that "line" of synthie.
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- It's legal to copyright genetically engineered micro-organisms now;
- it seems plausible that more complex creatures could be, too. Unwanted
- breeding could be detered by lawsuits.
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- Bass, in 'Godwhale' had the over-achieving studmuffin shackled
- by diet: ARNOLd needed certain nutrients not found in the common diet,
- limiting his probable lifespan if he fled the Hive. Also, creative
- genegeneers could make living artifacts limited to 'useful' behavior.
- An example: poriomania causes humans to wander in a fugue state,
- unaware of their travels (which can cross whole provinces), and able
- to perform complex activities (Like driving, or changing a car tire).
- Klawens, in 'Newton's Madness' mentions a 'twilight state' called
- automatism, similar to poriomania without the perigrination, and cites
- a case where a doctor correctly treated a patient while in a fugue state
- (pg 76-77). If a LA was designed which spent all non-training time in
- such a state, the owners need never worry about nasty behavior like
- thinking or unionising on the part of the LAs.
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- James Nicoll
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