# How Would You Re-Design The Human Body? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 29, 2012, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-re-design-the-human-body/645473 "2012-12-29T10:02:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-re-design-the-human-body/645473/61 "2013-01-02T18:34:29Z")
Lots of good _improvements_ but I’d like to fix one\* mistake\* before we start. Make it so an accidental bite to the inside of the cheek, lips, tongue **doesn’t** cause the swelling which then greatly increases the chance of more accidental bites. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-re-design-the-human-body/645473/62 "2013-01-02T18:36:48Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > Can’t we make it so that we can turn hair follicles on and off (and control the thickness and curl) at will, all over? I kinda like some of that below-the-nose-level hair. What I’d like is fine voluntary control of the body, including that. The ability to tell the skin to become darker or paler; or the whole body hairier or not, taller or shorter. Theoretically it ought to be possible; not _fast_ like you see with fictional shapechangers, but logically it ought to be possible to “shape shift” slowly since in essence that’s what we do as we grow up. I’m just talking about adding voluntary controls to what is now a genetically preprogrammed process. ---
**Author:** ![Krouget](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b38774/32.png) [@Krouget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Krouget)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-re-design-the-human-body/645473/63 "2013-01-02T20:19:14Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > OK - so say your job up was to design the human body - you get a decent salary and have some nice benefits, but your final design is due next week. > > What upgrades or changes would you have made in the design of humans? > (Not just your body - but the bodies of all humans.) What is the objective of this design? If we’re plotting ways to make life better for us on Mars, such a design would differ from a redesign of our bodies to better fit a 9-5 office situation, for example. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2013, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-re-design-the-human-body/645473/64 "2013-01-02T21:05:04Z")
Optional sleep. 9 times out of 10, I’ve got something better to do than sleeping - I’d like an extra few hours in my day instead. ---
**Author:** ![Junkman209](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/junkman209/32/5522_2.png) [@Junkman209](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junkman209)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-re-design-the-human-body/645473/65 "2013-01-03T05:17:04Z")
Larger brains, primarily expanding the frontal lobe. Improve the DNA encoding to reduce the occurrence of brain disorders. ---
**Author:** ![the\_diego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@the\_diego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_diego)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-re-design-the-human-body/645473/66 "2013-01-03T05:19:39Z")
Free from toothaches and cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2013, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-re-design-the-human-body/645473/67 "2013-01-03T17:03:18Z")
> [@RaftPeople](#): > > I know, let’s get to the important items: 4 boobs on women. But humans only have 2 hands! I know one that shouldn’t change… don’t add boobs to men. You’d never get them out of the house. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-re-design-the-human-body/645473.md?page=3)