Summary: Topic covered on today's episode of Mind Set Daily "The Bionic Man" He walks, he talks and he has a beating heart, but he's not human — he's the world's first fully bionic man. Like Frankenstein's monster, cobbled together from a hodgepodge of body parts, the bionic man is a combination of the most advanced human prostheses — from robotic limbs to artificial organs to a blood-pumping circulatory system. The bionic man brings up some ethical and philosophical questions: Does creating something so humanlike threaten notions of what it means to be human? What amount of body enhancement is acceptable? And is it wrong that only some people have access to these life-extending technologies? The access issue is especially troublesome. The preservation of life and quality of life has become basically a technical question and an economic question. Just think about it... Listen to this episode and find out more! News Story Link News Clip Link Support Mind Set Central Subscribe or donate
