They could always be prettied up I guess, part human, part machine, nano-mush.
Also the plain old biologics will undergo a lot of genetic engineering and artificial selection so these guys will change but maybe not a species divergence. Yes bizzarro variants will happen. It's gonna get weird. Us old skool red blooded biologics are going to have to find ways to defend ourselves just like in the sci-fi novels :) John > From: Joel Pitt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Why would the hybrid be a "terrifying" creature, as opposed to a > biological > or software consciousness? > > There could also be those entities that embody themselves when > necessary and travel between the three "species" you've described, > depending on their goals and direction. c.f. Greg Egan's Diaspora. > ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=4007604&id_secret=34831851-9720be
