Clay B. Daulton Physics AIMC

Despite featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator, in the real world the T-1000, made of liquid metal, would have definitely dominated as a bionic person.  A Bionic Person?  I support the development of a bionic person because the possibilities are too interesting not to explore. Currently, we are already using bionics to positively improve lives with artificial limbs, and brain implants for stroke and brain damage recovery. I'm sure there are more. And if our military budget is any indications, I'm also sure that we are using bionics in military applications for more unsavory purposes, but I'm not familiar with those applications. I think that Riccardo Sabatini, quoted in the Fast Company article, has a great perspective when he says, "The most incredible, sophisticated sci-fi-sounding things that you would hope to have are most probably already running in your body" (http://www.fastcompany.com/90374460/the-ethics-of-hacking-humanity-from-bion...

Energy Medicine: An ambiguous title considering the rigor of TCM and other healing systems. Photo: upliftconnect.com Acupuncture as Effective Energy Medicine In our article in class, E.F. Block IV speaks of a category of medicine he calls "Energy Medicine", in contrast to 'Trauma Medicine" under which he includes Allopathy. In argument for the efficacy of energy medicine, he suggests that the "sum of all the cells" in an "integrated body" create morphogenic fields and energies, and he states that acupuncture is primarily concerned with balancing these energy fields. I think his article is fair enough, but I think the title of 'energy medicine' is unfortunate and vague. I do not anticipate ever describing what I do under that banner, and I think the author is under-informed, given that the scope and intensity of traditional Chinese medicine rivals that of allopathy. Obviously, however, TCM and acupuncture does work at the "en...