Future Human

On the bus this morning I thought of the human being in the future. I arrived at the image of the "immortals". These are derived from a bit of Aldous Huxley's brilliant Brave New World and the science fiction of Phillip Dick. So what will it be like? Firstly there must be continuity in the genes. This will be achieved by copying or rather mimicing them. The creation of artificial genes that will perform like our genes do. There will be probability screening of the originals - so that the effects of bad genes will be minimal. Maybe they will just be eliminated. Behaviour would be controlled through design. During the transition period perhaps the original genetic material will be supported by the artificial mimicgene. Later all humans will be "created" from mimicgenes. When the human reaches maturity (full development of the nervous system) then the Sacculina-silicon programme will start. This is an artificial parasitical system that takes over the entire body, gradually encasing the body in a tough plastic material. The body then will no longer develop or age unless programmed to do so. The result will be humans that have tough bodies with organs that do not age. They can experience and feel everything a human can today, but remain young and "immortal" for centuries.