6 fingered guitarist

[Mitch]

Who else thinks we should geneticaly engineer a 6 fingered person and teach them to play guitar?

They would dominate

[boris no no]

that would be rather awesome

[Big D]

Ever seen the movie Gattaca?
Six-fingered pianist, crafted by parents who wanted him to be a master musician. Can play music written especially for six-fingered instrumentalists.

Personally, I'm dead set against genetic resequencing of human beings, except to cure otherwise-untreatable illnesses.

The minute you start making genetic 'improvements' to people, you take steps toward genetic eugenics. Not the best direction for humanity to head.

[Old Manus]

What if he doesn't want to play the guitar

[Mitch]

What if he doesn't want to play the guitar

Then he will be shot.

[Dr.K]

For some reason, I think a six-fingered person would dominate more at piano than guitar. What'd REALLY pull the stops out is if he had 4 arms One manned duel guitar solos ftw

[Dreddz]

that would be rather Stupid

[Lindy]

Doesn't incest lead to retardation?

[jrgen]

Doesn't incest lead to retardation?

Unfortunately retardation does not lead to the growth of additional body parts. Although if Homer Simpson is right, incest might produce children with "too many" fingers.

[Lindy]

No, but incest can often lead to an extra finger or toe.

[jrgen]

I'm just pointing out that what is generally referred to as retardation (not reversed acceleration) is a mental thing, not physical.

[Lindy]

I know, but I was TRYING to make a joke, in saying that to get 6 fingers, you could have an incestuous child, but they'd be retarded and a bad guitar player.

Thanks for ruining it.

[jrgen]

No problem.

[eestlinc]

incest leads to various recessive traits coming out.

Gattaca is a cool movie. However, people shouldn't be bred for specific roles.

[Endless]

Django Reinhardt, with only 3 working fingers on his left hand, was one of the best guitar players ever.