Current Events > The instant perfect BODY or Unlimited knowledge

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I've already almost achieved the perfect body according to women's overall preference.
(give me 2 more years)
So I'll take the knowledge and cut it down to 1 year

itachi15243 posted...

Voted unlimited scientific knowledge without seeing the known to mankind part. -_-

But the thing is, there was a time when mankind knew bugger all, but used what they knew to invent the wheel, bread, medicine, written language, and many new ways to learn and teach things so they could expand on what they knew.
So if you were the ultimate genius on known science, you might not invent a sustainable fusion energy reactor, but you could be instrumental in making them less of a fantasy and more of a reality.
Or to put it in other words: if you knew a lot of shit, you can advance mankind, but if you have the perfect body, then that's only a benefit to yourself.

Knowledge. When people ask what's up with all the weird phenomena in my town next week:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e1c7980f.jpg

Do I maintain this body no matter what I eat, drink, or ingest?

Unlimited knowledge will just make me depressed. What I ALREADY know about this planet alone and any ability to actually fix it before it is too late is horrible enough. And I don't have the resources to use the knowledge to just build a starship and leave.

So give me a perfect body. I'd rather not lose what little SAN I have left. And a good body will be pleasant to have during our twilight years, and might even help me survive the lunacy that comes once our food chain logistics breaks down.

Also, look at all the people who think "lol I will use magic now" instead of being something like this. OR WORSE.

https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Total_Perspective_Vortex

Reminder, it was only survivable in a universe where restaurant checks are an astronavigation computer and the answer is 42, very specifically because the individual who survived it was taken to a parallel universe that was literally and specifically made for him, thus rendering the main point of the vortex moot.

Sephiroth_C_Ryu posted...

Also, look at all the people who think "lol I will use magic now" instead of being something like this. OR WORSE.

https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/Total_Perspective_Vortex

Reminder, it was only survivable in a universe where restaurant checks are an astronavigation computer and the answer is 42, very specifically because the individual who survived it was taken to a parallel universe that was literally and specifically made for him, thus rendering the main point of the vortex moot.

As much as I love Hitchhikers Guide, the books are implicitly geared towards comedy, not real world science. Having all useful knowledge of man-known science wouldnt drive you to immediate insanity. It would just make it usable.

LonelyStoner posted...

As much as I love Hitchhikers Guide, the books are implicitly geared towards comedy, not real world science. Having all useful knowledge of man-known science wouldnt drive you to immediate insanity. It would just make it usable.

Ah, then its even worse for the people who want to do weird things with "magic" then. Since they will know even more than I just how screwed we are, and not have any way to stop it. Also no science-magic for them, since it is only human knowledge. I guess they can get the government to come after them though when they accidentally start blabbing how the latest military secrets work.

Mistere_Man posted...

Perfect body of a god would never die so enjoy a boring eternal endless existence with no way to escape.

Now the perfect body of a God. You gotta use your imagination here to obtain that perfect body

Since we've gone the hypothetical God road, this perfect body would have a fail safe if you will, that only you can activate if you truly wanted to die in a specific way. It's the perfect body of a God. So your imagination is the limit there.

Would an instant perfect body replace a missing arm, or would I still be missing the arm, just with perfect everything else?

People are really over-valuing the knowledge here. Scientific knowledge is important, but mostly useless without the skills for application of knowledge.

Compare it like this, I could go to youtube and watch hundreds of hours about rebuilding a car engine. That would make incredibly knowledgeable on how to rebuild a care engine. If I only knew it but had never done it, how good would I actually be at doing it.

Knowing everything won't necessarily make you great at using that knowledge to make the next scientific connection to the unknown. In fact you probably won't, because if you had that skill you would already be doing it.

Also, knowledge won't really help you get the perfect body. There is no scientific "right" way to get there, you'll be presented with a bunch of trial and error to find out what works for you the same as if you Googled it. And yet again that's the easy part, the application part is why people don't have perfect bodies.

Body of a GOD?

How are people voting knowledge?
Guys, this isn't some comic where you gonna make a portal gun or genetically engineered army.
Hawkins was very smart and he didn't do anything like that.

Meanwhile perfect body is like I won't get sick, I barely tire, full of energy, look amazing, charismatic, extremely talented in various ways....

WingsOfGood posted...

Meanwhile perfect body is like I won't get sick, I barely tire, full of energy, look amazing, charismatic, extremely talented in various ways....

Reading the OP, all it means is that your body is visibly appealing to the masses.

Says nothing of your energy level, health, strength, etc.

bigblu89 posted...

Reading the OP, all it means is that your body is visibly appealing to the masses.

Says nothing of your energy level, health, strength, etc.

@Frostmourne
Please advise/clarify.

I admittedly thought the perfect body choice, was a choice to transform your body into a realistic perfect human specimen that you can still fuck up through your own choice because at the end of the day you are still human.

Sephiroth_C_Ryu posted...

Ah, then its even worse for the people who want to do weird things with "magic" then. Since they will know even more than I just how screwed we are, and not have any way to stop it. Also no science-magic for them, since it is only human knowledge. I guess they can get the government to come after them though when they accidentally start blabbing how the latest military secrets work.

I always want to know all the macro things anyway, whether the news is good or bad is irrelevant.