04-29-2016, 08:45 AM
(This post was last modified: 04-29-2016, 08:45 AM by stevebowers.)
In OA the Avatar situation would be quite different to how it is represented in the film. A planet with a significantly toxic environment (basically most planets in the universe) could be settled by unaltered human baselines inside environment pods, who use robotic bodies to explore and interact with the environment. Part of the duties of these robotic bodies would be to care for their own real-life bodies in their life-support shells, although this would mostly be taken care of by automatic systems.
Some, or many of the humans might opt to become cyborgs, with only their brains or Central Nervous System preserved inside environmental pods carried around inside the robots.
Given a few decades or centuries of this sort of life these mobile brains inside their portable environments could become part of a new synthesis, just as our skulls support our brains inside a recreation of the ancient seas we evolved in long ago.
Some, or many of the humans might opt to become cyborgs, with only their brains or Central Nervous System preserved inside environmental pods carried around inside the robots.
Given a few decades or centuries of this sort of life these mobile brains inside their portable environments could become part of a new synthesis, just as our skulls support our brains inside a recreation of the ancient seas we evolved in long ago.