I'd like to hear some comments from AW biologists and others about some matters. I'm well into the sequel for my latest book and trying to bring some more specifics into my main character.
The original book might be called Superman-lite. The main character is an orphan of a cosmic event some half-million to several million years ago. She's the result of at least a millennia of genetic modification. I'm guessing the genemods were relatively minor, a caution perhaps because of some disastrous attempts to radically change human nature.
What are the limits of increasing the strength of her muscles? Ten percent improvement, one times, two or more times?
What could be done to increase her bone strength and flexibility to match the increased demands of greater strength?
Can nerves be reasonably improved so she has faster reaction times? What are the consequences of increasing them too much?
From what I can tell from reading the science news some of our emotional problems stem from over or under emotional reactions to events. What changes might be made to our emotional responses to aid us in everyday and emergency events? More calm? But some excitement is necessary to respond to them; perfect calm would be a bad thing.
Would genemod meddlers make us more empathetic, less?
TV smart people are portrayed as having perfect memories. But studies have shown that that's a liability, not a plus. We need to be able to forget the trivial. What changes might be reasonably made to our remembering ability?
TV geniuses are portrayed as very logical, very critical. But other kinds of intelligence are at least as, maybe more than, important. What are they?
I'm positing that, for some reason, my heroine was designed to be charismatic and a leader. What goes into charisma? Do we even have any clues at the current primitive state of psychology?
What makes an effective leader? Fast decisions? SLOWER decisions?
Ability to see the big picture?
Ruthlessness?
The original book might be called Superman-lite. The main character is an orphan of a cosmic event some half-million to several million years ago. She's the result of at least a millennia of genetic modification. I'm guessing the genemods were relatively minor, a caution perhaps because of some disastrous attempts to radically change human nature.
PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS
What could be done to increase her bone strength and flexibility to match the increased demands of greater strength?
Can nerves be reasonably improved so she has faster reaction times? What are the consequences of increasing them too much?
EMOTIONAL IMPROVEMENTS
Would genemod meddlers make us more empathetic, less?
MENTAL IMPROVEMENTS
TV geniuses are portrayed as very logical, very critical. But other kinds of intelligence are at least as, maybe more than, important. What are they?
SOCIAL IMPROVEMENTS
What makes an effective leader? Fast decisions? SLOWER decisions?
Ability to see the big picture?
Ruthlessness?
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Yeah, I know. I'm asking a lot. Maybe just pick one question and give some thoughts on it.
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