Fullmetal Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 If i were to go into genetic engineering it would be for about two reasons: Creating superhuman freaks.. or... making really k3wl venus flytraps. Has anyone read up on material about genetic engineering with this intelligent plants that are super scary because they have a soul.. These plants seriously wig me out though.. I mean.. think about it.. it has intelligence... it's just like you and me and yet i eat it... it's smarter than me because i can't catch flies.. i'm not that good at it... yet i eat plants.. i hope tomatoes aren't angry at me.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzurePhoenix Posted May 7, 2005 Share Posted May 7, 2005 it doesn't have any intelligence. It simply responds reflexivly to stimulation by clamping shut. The mechanisms are no more "intelligent" than those of a flower blooming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fullmetal Posted May 7, 2005 Author Share Posted May 7, 2005 how come if i put my finger close to it it starts to shut? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzurePhoenix Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 I don't know, sensitive tactile receptors that respnd to shifts in air current? It seems to me that would good for catching flies. But sensory developement or response to movement is not an indicator of intelligence. It's a simple reflex, which the plant doens't control consciously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skye Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Stimulus, response, stimulus, response...don't you ever think? -Amoeba in a Gary Larsen cartoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 you have to touch two small hairs, iirc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluenoise Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Yeah, I'll confirm that they have these hair that you have to touch. Hmmm super human freeks, You'd need alot of money to do that without anyone finding out. Also first you should work on making something with a brain smarter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzurePhoenix Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Like an octopus, or a squirrel. I'd say those are key candidates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 hamsters. an entire army of them. you could take over the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzurePhoenix Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Hamsters are nothin' but fat, slow-moving squirrels with less advanced climbing ability. Plus, squirrels come in a much greater variety, making them well suited to a number of world-domination related tasks. Remember, this inlcudes groundsquirrels and marmots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydoaPs Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 power in numbers. they are like freakin tribbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluenoise Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Yeah I'd say octipuses, or chimps are the place to start. Could make a sciborg venus flytrap and put an AI in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzurePhoenix Posted May 8, 2005 Share Posted May 8, 2005 Now that would rock. Cyborg is also rpobably the way to make human freak super soldiers, just attach stuff to people, rather than growing whole new ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
husmusen Posted May 9, 2005 Share Posted May 9, 2005 Could make a sciborg venus flytrap and put an AI in it. Ahem, holoperidol must be taken at the set times and amounts. It's very impotant to stay on your schedule. Either that or you've been infront of a computer monitor for more than the recomended exposure limits by a considerable margin and need an urgent transfusion of reality. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jutntog1 Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 hold it do octuposes even have central nervous systems? just a quick question jellyfish might be what im thinking bout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 last i heard is that jellyfish are just colonies, not actually single organisms. is this what your talking about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzurePhoenix Posted May 10, 2005 Share Posted May 10, 2005 Yeah, you're thinkin o' jellies. Octopus have the most advanced brains in the invertebrate kingdom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AzurePhoenix Posted May 11, 2005 Share Posted May 11, 2005 last i heard is that jellyfish are just colonies, not actually single organisms. is this what your talking about?Siphonophores are a particular group of jellies where a single "animal" is actually madeup of a number of polyps, some serving different functions. The Portugese Man of War is an Example. Basic jellyfish are indiviudal, complete organisms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callipygous Posted May 12, 2005 Share Posted May 12, 2005 Siphonophores are a particular group of jellies where a single "animal" is actually madeup of a number of polyps' date=' some serving different functions. The Portugese Man of War is an Example. Basic jellyfish are indiviudal, complete organisms[/quote'] you know too much. im sure big brother will deal with you before you do too much damage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mokele Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 hold it do octuposes even have central nervous systems? Yes, with a highly advanced brain, as Azure pointed out. jellyfish might be what im thinking bout. Probably, they don't have a CNS, just a nerve-net. last i heard is that jellyfish are just colonies, not actually single organisms. Yes and no. See, there's Scyphozoans, which are a single organism (ex: moon jellies), and colonial Hydrozoans, which are, well, colonies (ex: portugese man of war). Both are commonly called "jellyfish", but are actually quite evolutionarily distinct lines. You can tell them apart a few ways (without a microscope): 1) True jellyfish (Scyphozoa) are *always* radially symetric, usually bi-radial (so they're composed of 4 identical sections) 2) True jellies have 4 oral arms around the mouth, and numerous small tentacles around the perimeter. 3) True jellies have more complex sensory structures, called rhopallia, located on the perimeter at the planes of symetry, which can include image-forming eyes as well as statocysts (which are the sole sensory mechanism of colonial hydrozoans, aside from touch) and 4) Colonial hydrozoans have a "vellum", a flexible sheath of tissue around the edge of the organism, which can be seen fluctuating in and out as the animal moves. Mokele Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyebeh Posted May 13, 2005 Share Posted May 13, 2005 i think this entire article is ridiculous. intelligent plants? they don't even have nervous systems... i don't even know where to start arguing against this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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