Poll (Humor): How to Spend $5 Million to Become Superhuman -- Part IV -- Body, Easy, Hum, Mind, Plan, Psych, Self, $$$
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For those just joining this thread, I've asked the question "If you had (an extra) $5 million to spend to make yourself into a superhuman being, what kind of plan would you come up with? What would you do to transform yourself, and how would you like to be transformed?" (That's the essence of the question, anyway.)
The sad thing about this question is that most people would never consider becoming superhuman (in any respect -- spiritually, mentally, physically, "skillfully," etc) to be an option in the first place. Even if they had a spare $5 million and a couple years to spend on the project. I'm asking in part because looking at this as a likely reality -- something that could be potentially, and maybe even realistically achieved using any one of dozen plans -- is a very big difference from seeing it as an impossible dream. In the one case you'll have your eyes open to the options in front of you. In the other, you'll be closing them to ideas that are somehow always impractical, frivolous or mad.
So here I'm listing some options for your consideration. Please note that I don't claim to be an expert in every field that might be relevant to this question. I simply dredged up options that most people would never consider -- that most people wouldn't even realize were on the table.
Today, we're looking at technologies designed to directly enhance the mind. If any of this sparks some ideas about how you could improve your own life (maybe even before you get your $5 million), well then, so be it.
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Acquire brain boosting devices and use them, including...
...floatation tanks. http://www.cyberfloat.clara.net/1.html The Book of Floating: Exploring the Private Sea by Michael Hutchison
...biofeedback devices. http://www.toolsforwellness.com/biofeedback-machines.html
...meditation states induced by audio tracks that drive brainwave patterns (through binaural beats, etc). https://www.centerpointe.com
...brainwave driving devices such as Cranial Electro-Stimulation (CES)). http://www.toolsforwellness.com/ces.html
...brainwave driving devices using photic and auditory stimulation. http://www.toolsforwellness.com/light-sound-machines.html
...ganzfelds. http://brain.web-us.com/ganzfeld.htm
...neurophones. http://www.toolsforwellness.com/neurophone.html
...blasting my brain with powerful electromagnetic fields, hoping to temporarily knock out parts of it and thus develop savant-like abilities. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/magazine/22SAVANT.html?ex=1097640000&en=72c5f06f8e0d7d37&ei=5070
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...Not to mention all those varieties of self-hypnosis out there... http://www.wendi.com (For example...)
...use self-hypnosis to help me build up my muscles. http://www.wendi.com/html/body_building.html
...use self-hypnosis to help me lose weight. http://www.wendi.com/thin/html/appetite_zapper.html http://www.wendi.com/thin/
...use self-hypnosis to help me stop drinking (alcohol). http://www.wendi.com/html/alcohol_freedom.html
...use self-hypnosis to help me stop smoking. http://www.wendi.com/html/quit_smoking.html
...use self-hypnosis to become a dedicated, enthusiastic exerciser. https://secure5.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=wendi&BusType=BtoC&Count1=249981105&Count2=167121529&Target=products%2Easp&ProductID=417
...use self-hypnosis to help me kick addictive habits. https://secure9.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=wendi&BusType=BtoC&Count1=791729152&Count2=708869576&Target=products%2Easp&ProductID=451
...use self-hypnosis to help me beat depression. https://secure5.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=wendi&BusType=BtoC&Count1=261303126&Count2=178443551&Target=products%2Easp&ProductID=457
...use self-hypnosis to help me become more musically talented. https://secure1.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=wendi&BusType=BtoC&Count1=576793849&Count2=493934273&Target=products%2Easp&ProductID=497
...use self-hypnosis to help me grow taller. http://www.wendi.com/html/height_increase.html
...use self-hypnosis to help me enhance my intelligence and sharpen my memory. http://www.wendi.com/html/memory_magic.html
...use self-hypnosis to help me improve my eyesight. http://www.wendi.com/html/eyesight_.html
Future Imperative
For those just joining this thread, I've asked the question "If you had (an extra) $5 million to spend to make yourself into a superhuman being, what kind of plan would you come up with? What would you do to transform yourself, and how would you like to be transformed?" (That's the essence of the question, anyway.)
The sad thing about this question is that most people would never consider becoming superhuman (in any respect -- spiritually, mentally, physically, "skillfully," etc) to be an option in the first place. Even if they had a spare $5 million and a couple years to spend on the project. I'm asking in part because looking at this as a likely reality -- something that could be potentially, and maybe even realistically achieved using any one of dozen plans -- is a very big difference from seeing it as an impossible dream. In the one case you'll have your eyes open to the options in front of you. In the other, you'll be closing them to ideas that are somehow always impractical, frivolous or mad.
So here I'm listing some options for your consideration. Please note that I don't claim to be an expert in every field that might be relevant to this question. I simply dredged up options that most people would never consider -- that most people wouldn't even realize were on the table.
Today, we're looking at technologies designed to directly enhance the mind. If any of this sparks some ideas about how you could improve your own life (maybe even before you get your $5 million), well then, so be it.
-----
Acquire brain boosting devices and use them, including...
...floatation tanks. http://www.cyberfloat.clara.net/1.html The Book of Floating: Exploring the Private Sea by Michael Hutchison
...biofeedback devices. http://www.toolsforwellness.com/biofeedback-machines.html
...meditation states induced by audio tracks that drive brainwave patterns (through binaural beats, etc). https://www.centerpointe.com
...brainwave driving devices such as Cranial Electro-Stimulation (CES)). http://www.toolsforwellness.com/ces.html
...brainwave driving devices using photic and auditory stimulation. http://www.toolsforwellness.com/light-sound-machines.html
...ganzfelds. http://brain.web-us.com/ganzfeld.htm
...neurophones. http://www.toolsforwellness.com/neurophone.html
...blasting my brain with powerful electromagnetic fields, hoping to temporarily knock out parts of it and thus develop savant-like abilities. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/22/magazine/22SAVANT.html?ex=1097640000&en=72c5f06f8e0d7d37&ei=5070
...
...Not to mention all those varieties of self-hypnosis out there... http://www.wendi.com (For example...)
...use self-hypnosis to help me build up my muscles. http://www.wendi.com/html/body_building.html
...use self-hypnosis to help me lose weight. http://www.wendi.com/thin/html/appetite_zapper.html http://www.wendi.com/thin/
...use self-hypnosis to help me stop drinking (alcohol). http://www.wendi.com/html/alcohol_freedom.html
...use self-hypnosis to help me stop smoking. http://www.wendi.com/html/quit_smoking.html
...use self-hypnosis to become a dedicated, enthusiastic exerciser. https://secure5.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=wendi&BusType=BtoC&Count1=249981105&Count2=167121529&Target=products%2Easp&ProductID=417
...use self-hypnosis to help me kick addictive habits. https://secure9.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=wendi&BusType=BtoC&Count1=791729152&Count2=708869576&Target=products%2Easp&ProductID=451
...use self-hypnosis to help me beat depression. https://secure5.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=wendi&BusType=BtoC&Count1=261303126&Count2=178443551&Target=products%2Easp&ProductID=457
...use self-hypnosis to help me become more musically talented. https://secure1.nexternal.com/shared/StoreFront/default.asp?CS=wendi&BusType=BtoC&Count1=576793849&Count2=493934273&Target=products%2Easp&ProductID=497
...use self-hypnosis to help me grow taller. http://www.wendi.com/html/height_increase.html
...use self-hypnosis to help me enhance my intelligence and sharpen my memory. http://www.wendi.com/html/memory_magic.html
...use self-hypnosis to help me improve my eyesight. http://www.wendi.com/html/eyesight_.html
Future Imperative
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