Life, Eureka and
Transumanism
Discuting
about ways to overcome limitations, I create the doctor Eureka to talk about Transumanism:
“Everybody thinks I work with prosthetics, implants,
technology… Let me tell you: I work with lives. I restore part of the
opportunities people have lost. They think I’m helping them, which I find
rather amusing. I can’t take steps for them, nor can I remove the obstacles
along the way as they adapt themselves to their electronic limbs and artificial
organs controlled via Bluetooth. They are the ones who decided that they are
‘normal’ and stop looking at what they don’t have to focus on what they want to
do with their lives.
That is the secret that transhumanism depends upon.
Science isn’t everything; otherwise, androids could be super humans, when in
fact the opposite happens: A disabled individual gives life to a technological
apparatus. Literally, they must choose to continue living, to fight organ or
prosthetics rejection. Their choices aren’t a solution. And I only support what
they’ve already decided to do, by adjusting the software inside a
microprocessor. How could I ever withstand my own existence if I told them they
couldn’t live theirs?”
He knows
what he's talking about and want to make himself understood:
“Have you ever heard of Neil Harbisson?”
- The boy who developed the Eyeborg?
“The one and only. Harbisson was born in a
black-and-white world due to a disease called achromatopsia. He developed the
Eyeborg so he could ‘hear’ colors. In 2004, he had a microchip implanted into
his cranium to translate into sounds the frequency of light contained in an
image. To him, London is red and yellow. São Paulo is blue and red. Isn’t that
wonderful?”
- Yes, it is. As far as I remember, he is considered
the first ‘cyborg’ in the planet.
“So, Mario, he is a poet who said ‘no’ to death. He
decided to live, my friend.”
His words
defend the right of everyone to a happier life:
“How is it possible to see these children crossing the
streets at the community, in a hurry to do things, to arrive at places, and to
live, then try to stop them?”
(...)
“I face the end
every day, as death does its rounds in the operating room, Mario. It often gets
so close that it takes a lot of effort to keep death at bay. You must face it
and say, ‘Not today!’ It stops, listens, and takes a few steps back, but it
never goes away. It’s always there.”
(…)
“There’s no safe place, Mario. I have patients who
only showed any improvement because they started practicing sports. Others have
complications when trying to use their prosthetics, but they aren’t defeated
because they’ve decided that it’s time to live. Listen to your son - he only
wants to exist. Believe me, there isn’t a more powerful way to protect yourself
from death than to follow your dream.”
So his name
must be ”Eureka.”
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