Getting your eyes replaced

Imagine there is a procedure that can replace faulty body parts. Its quick,simple, leaves no scaring, no rejection problems and you can recover in hours.

One problem, the replaced part will look a little monstrous, plus there may be added 'functionality'. This replaced part doesn't have to be an eye it could even be a limb or internal organ. You can even replaced already missing parts.

Would it be worth it?

Also, have I put this question in the right section?

I have considered if it would be worth getting new eyes to correct my vision problems.

edited 24th Dec '11 1:09:19 PM by MCE

Ooh, are we talking cybereyes?

Yes, I think it would be worth it.

Cyber eyes could be made to look normal, in this your more likely to get a cat or goat eye. The 'bonus' you get could be just seeing better at night or seeing the dead.

Drunk Girlfriend, what would you have replaced?

edited 24th Dec '11 11:47:37 AM by MCE

double post, ignore

edited 24th Dec '11 11:47:15 AM by MCE

Pass. I prefer to improve via my own training, not by money or outside surgery and such.

@MCE: Everything.

Seriously though, most of my body is borked in some way or another. If I had to choose one, it'd probably be my leg, since I dislocated my knee in highschool and it's never worked right since.

Nah, for two reasons.

• ) I see acceptably, so I wouldn't risk rejection to get super-eyes.
• ) Trading squishy meatbag parts for squishy meatbag parts? Nah, thank ya. If I'm upgrading chunks, it'll be to fully functional hardware I can swap when it borks up.

Cyborg? Yeah. Flesh golem? Not so much.

edited 24th Dec '11 11:57:31 AM by SavageHeathen

My left eye has some problems that, long story short, means it will eventually go blind. So fuck yeah, goat eye.

Yes, as it sounds somewhat exciting.

Yes. I want some cool golden eyes from an eagle or a cat or something.

If my eyes were incorrigibly failing I would definitely do so. Better to gain some Uncanny Valley features than to lose functionality.

My eyesight's not great, but I wouldn't replace my eyes unless I went completely blind or something. Similar policy applies to everything else.

Or, rather, would one be willing to "tarnish" their body in exchange for continuing functionality?

From this perspective, I would agree; given the lack of medical complications, there's little reason to not do so if you are pushed to it by emergency. If, however, there is no need to have something replaced, there is no point in doing so, if only because I would be robbing another of the chance to do the same thing, when they may well need it far more then I do.

edited 24th Dec '11 3:06:22 PM by AllanAssiduity

I'd replace all my internal organs!

After all no-one can see them apart from in terrible circumstances, I'd probably go for the eyes too as the inhuman look would be pretty cool especially if it came with bonus features.

This is kind of a bizarre question, isn't it?

I have rather bad and ultimately progressive (i.e. it will get worse) eye problems, so I might consider it if laser surgery wouldn't fix the problem...

Kind of my thing. Better than a boring question don't you think?

As long as you don't mind some... 'cravings'

edited 24th Dec '11 4:44:32 PM by MCE

Is this a transhumanist issue? I don't think I really know enough about transhumanism to comment..

So I've noticed (I have a longer memory than some).

Define "boring".

Yeah, I think it's mainly an issue of vanity, if anything. I don't think I'd care if my internal organs looked a little monstrous, since nobody would be able to take a look at them anyways, but I'd only consider doing that with an external body part if it were an emergency, or if the added functionality was something that I would actually deem more useful than looking the way I already do.

edited 24th Dec '11 5:15:20 PM by tropetown

In this case a question that has asked many times before, something I try to avoid.

I like asking slightly strange questions here because I have a good chance of having them answered or at least getting an interesting response. These thing just pop into my head on occasions.

Which forum topics of mine do you remember?

edited 24th Dec '11 5:40:10 PM by MCE

Frankly? Not a one of them, just that most of them were structured in this same way.

I've always assumed you come here to ask these questions as something related to writing. Since I used to do something similar on another forum.

Let's not derail into why the thread was made, ok?

Any tropers out there with missing limbs? Would you like a monstrous version so you can juggle while jogging again?