Quite apart from the typical futurological megalomania, I'm always a little perplexed by the very idea of someone "playing god" since any actually observable performance would by definition be a hopelessly bad one.I don't want to play God. I want to get paid to do it, professionally.
— Jamais Cascio (@cascio) July 1, 2012
Well, I'll grant that Keanu Reeves came close to managing the trick of playing not existing in a few movies.
> I'm always a little perplexed by the very idea of someone
ReplyDelete> "playing god" since any actually observable performance would
> by definition be a hopelessly bad one.
Transhumanist pickup line from the 60s.
Suzanne Pleshette sez (to George Hamilton):
"Genetically speaking, it's entirely possible to produce
a Man of Tomorrow right now."
"The Power" trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar6wzLUPB8s
This looks like a hoot.