newuser123 Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Using genetic engineering could a human control weather ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ten oz Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Control the weather as like a superhero style power? I am not sure I understand the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted September 22, 2014 Share Posted September 22, 2014 Think about it this way... What is known to influence the weather? What specific events cause the weather to shift, and what magnitude or strength is required for them to make the weather change? Now... Can ANY of those things be replicated via genetics, and if they can, can the required magnitude be achieved by a human body? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endy0816 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Produce spores. Lots and lots of spores. Fungus ManTM Superman may be able to fly, but how many heroes cover a couple thousand acres? When his fruiting bodies appear, farmers rejoice knowing rain may follow! A dedicated and improbably hot Mycologist serves as a possible love interest... Any day now you too could end up sitting down to watch the Fungus ManTM Trilogy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 He told me he refers to be known as the Fun Guy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newuser123 Posted September 23, 2014 Author Share Posted September 23, 2014 Control the weather as like a superhero style power? I am not sure I understand the question. Yeah like that I was reading that scientist can control the weather and actually have been doing so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Endy0816 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 (edited) Small particles(dust, spores, etc) can contribute to cloud formation. Different gasses can have assorted results. Lightning strikes via laser induced plasma channels. Condensers can pull moisture out of the air. There's nothing too far out there though. Anything really impressive would take large investments of energy. He told me he refers to be known as the Fun Guy. lol, you got a laugh at this house Edited September 23, 2014 by Endy0816 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moth Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 What if instead of modifying one person to become superhuman, everybody was modified to have less of an impact on our ecosystem.The Dead Kennedy's song "Shrink" comes to mind.But maybe something less drastic, like an overwhelming desire to walk and recycle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamer Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Using genetic engineering could a human control weather ? Right now, no. In the long term maybe some qualities of the human body can be added through genetic manipulation, but it won't be enough for a single human to control the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iNow Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Replace the word control with the word influence, and unfortunately we already do this today with the climate... No genetic engineering required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swansont Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Genetically engineer someone to have butterfly wings, and the send her/him to some distant place where s/he can flap the wings or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta1212 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Genetically engineer someone to have butterfly wings, and the send her/him to some distant place where s/he can flap the wings or not. Why even put in that effort? I know it's not precisely weather, but I hear it's already the case that when an American sits down, there's an earthquake in China, no genetic engineering of extra parts required. It's known as the butterball effect. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Using genetic engineering could a human control weather ? What would be the purpose? Having worked in an office environment, I know it's bad policy to have more than one person controlling the thermostat. There's very little correlation between what affects the weather and things we could genetically engineer ourselves for. It's much simpler and more easily controllable to continue to work at this from a technology perspective, engineering tools to enhance what our bodies can't do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzurain Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 When I was a kid, I felt like I had this power too. Like I could make it rain, if I tried hard enough, or making the wind in either direction at will.Don't have any facts to back up this statement, so I won't continue. However, there are some kinds of way people can sense what kind of weather will come up. Here are some examples:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_pains E.g: Body feels pain when it's going to rain http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-03-24/news/fl-rain-in-bones-20130324_1_bones-weather-spotter-barometric-pressure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roamer Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 If somebody builds a weather-control-machine, and someone else develops mindcontrol-powers due to genetic engineering, and then uses those powers to control the person who possesses the weather-control-machine, doet it still count as using genetic engineering to control the weather ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tzurain Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 (edited) If somebody builds a weather-control-machine, and someone else develops mindcontrol-powers due to genetic engineering, and then uses those powers to control the person who possesses the weather-control-machine, doet it still count as using genetic engineering to control the weather ? No. It counts as genetic engineering for mind controlling others. Edited October 2, 2014 by Tzurain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ophiolite Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Any day now you too could end up sitting down to watch the Fungus ManTM Trilogy! Very Wagnerian. It sounds like a Ring cycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strange Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 A Fairy Ring cycle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Apparently if a young girl falls asleep inside a fairy ring they turn into a hag... I have often wondered about the science behind this... more feasible that controlling the weather with brain power though. No brainer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrP Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 (edited) In fact, I've been thinking about this... if the girl falls asleep inside the fairy ring then she must be outside... probably in the autumn, as that is when things get more mushroomy. Outside, asleep in the cold and the damp, surrounded by fungal pores! So - not only extra weathering due to cold and damp, but the pores probably attack the young girls face and cause fungus to grow there - the accumalative effect of prolonged sleeping under such conditions with fungal attack will be making her face go all pitted and wrinkled, thus making her look/turn into a hag. Edited October 21, 2014 by DrP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unity+ Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 I remember when I could control the weather. No genetic modification needed. Problem is it requires LSD, which is still illegal in many states. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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