In a few years you can become a Pegasus

[Scootaloo Dash 7]

I was on the computer today and I found several scientists that are working on giving people wings. Here is one page: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/mar/11/health.lifeandhealth

I don't know how reliable the source is, but if it is true would you have surgery to get wings even if you couldn't fly. I know I would.

[Tia Is Best Pony 310]

wow thank you for sharing that would be amazing to have that done it would change hummanity forever very very very intersting 

[Lewis the Brony 110]

Hahahaha...

 

Remember Leonardo da Vinci? One time, he proposed on making wings for humans to fly, but however, unfortunately, a pair of wings will never work on us. Sure, technology has been improved overtime since the 1500s, but were too heavy for wings. We're heavy, and it will probably not do anything else but falling down on our faces.

 

So, we can never artificially fly, we aren't lightweight as birds. Same goes to an emu, an emu is too heavy so it can't fly even though it could fly before, but has evolved into a flightless bird.

 

All in all, remember, in order to fly, we have to be light. Humans are heavy beings. We can never fly. 

Edited April 3, 2013 by Lewis the Brony

[Orca 8]

Eh, depending on the size of the wings I could see them being caught on things and being damaged very easily. I don't think that would be worth it, if you couldn't even use them for anything.

[Lewis the Brony 110]

I was on the computer today and I found several scientists that are working on giving people wings. Here is one page: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2002/mar/11/health.lifeandhealth

I don't know how reliable the source is, but if it is true would you have surgery to get wings even if you couldn't fly. I know I would.

 

Um, you do know that the article was published 11 years ago, right? That's a bit of outdated information over there. Its not 2012, its 2002.

[Scootaloo Dash 7]

Thanks for replying. Would you get wings if you could? I know i will

I will be just like Rainbow Dash, sleeping in the clouds all day.

[~Chaotic Fireball~ 499]

AWESOME! Yet freaky.

It's like the Pony Hypnotisition thing. Only worse. My dad told me that plastic surgery can go VERY wrong sometimes, and I would hate to mess up my brain or my body's normal pattern, even though I want to be a pegasus so badly. I'm sorry, but I could just never do it, unless this thing is actually guaranteed safe.

[Nightfall 3,950]

Thanks for replying. Would you get wings if you could? I know i will

I will be just like Rainbow Dash, sleeping in the clouds all day.

 

 

Although no human would be able to fly, they would resemble angels and have full sensation in their new hanging, boned flaps of flesh.

 

Maybe I would get wings, just because it would be cool to have them, but I almost question why if we can't fly with them... It seems almost a waste.

[Scootaloo Dash 7]

Lol well I gues I might not to get wings. Well thanks for pointing that out to me. I must have missed that the first time I read it

[Mand'alor Dash 2,224]

Seems everyone's getting wings these days. Thanks, M.A. Larson!

 

Also, not sure you'd qualify as a pegasus in this case. Probably more like Hawkman, or that guy from X-men 3. A pegasus refers to a creature from Greek mythology, literally a winged horse.

[Lewis the Brony 110]

I want wings!

I could fly and stuff.

 

In all reality, this would be very expensive; I doubt most people could afford it. So it's a no go for me ;A;

 

And physics and weight would be working against us. It will just be a failed product. So, I'm pretty sure its going to be vapor stuff.

[~Master~ Button Mash 2,307]

I can see how tails might have a foreseeable benefit, but non-functioning wings? Seems like a waste, to me. I want wings just as much as the next guy, but I want something functional, which sadly isn't possible. Plus they would probably get in the way on a daily basis.

Edited April 3, 2013 by AtomicBassCannon

[Black Cloud 73]

Id totally pay the money to get the procedure done if the wings worked. It would be awesome to have your own set of wings. They still come with downfalls but ill just have to live with it

Edited April 3, 2013 by Black Cloud

[NavelColt 22,880]

Even though this can be called 'people becoming pegasi', this has no direct link to bronies, and I'm thus moving it over to General Discussion.

[Scootalove 10,689]

I will definitely pay forward, if the wings are tested and are ready for human use. Then, I guess I would enjoy being a pegasus.

[Descant 1,897]

 

Seriously, though, I might have to go through with it. Are they going to be disgusting wings covered with skin, or awesome feathery wings? If they're skin-covered, they'd just be ugly. 

[~Master~ Button Mash 2,307]

On another note, there's another way to become "like a Pegasus" which already exists, it's the wingsuit.

 

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingsuit_flying

 

For just 200 dives and the cost of the suit, you can fly fall with style. Probably cheaper than the surgery, anyway.

[Matt loves Luna 16]

I might actually be crazy enough to get that surgery, just so I can look like an archangel. (I'll bet it's going to be way too expensive for me to afford, though).

[Shift 4,272]

If it's feathery wings, why not.

 

If it's skinned wings, ugh, leave me out of this. 

 

Well, who knows, we might be able to fly one day. In just one lifetime, we went from the Phoenix Wright Brothers to Outer Space.

[Betez 1,734]

Maybe. It certainly sounds cool, but I don't really know if I'd want to have wings for the rest of my life. Plus, it'll probably take scientists a while before they master the surgery

[Virulence 254]

Thanks for sharing! Oh my goodness, to be able to fly would be a dream. That's always been my dream. I can hardly wait to soar amongst the clouds.

[Wingnut 6,990]

Cartoon ponies can lift ten times their own weight with ease. Pinkie Pie has enough horsepower in her lower extremities to operate a one pony mini-copter. And pegasi, who appear to be as solid and heavy as other kinds of ponies, are able to fly harder and faster than lightweight birds.

 

It's one thing to get wings from surgery. If they can't provide us with the superhuman strength needed to use them, then what's the point?

[Sugarcube 213]

We can't fly with wings, birds who do fly have hollow light bones, birds who don't fly have solid heavy bones. It just won't happen, if we ever did gain the ability to fly it would be thousands and thousands of years down the line ans there would have to be a evolutionary need for our bodies to change as drastically as they would have to in order for us to be capable of flight.

 

This sounds in all honesty, to me, risky and strange. The science behind it is pretty interesting about how our bodies adjust to accept losses of limbs and adapts to artificial limbs.

[Argos 191]

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[Dr. Nefarious 195]

If this does happen and it does actually work I could see it costing over 800,000$. Maybe even in the millions. I mean, come on, surgeries cost plenty of money and a surgery that will give you FUCKING WINGS. It has to be expensive for sure.