Shannon's Journal Discussion Thread, Vol. 5

[Shannon]

I was thinking last night about the Male Enhancement sub. If at some point, testimonials will come from people reporting significant increase in size, that will be proof of physical changes possible with the new tech.
If ME 5.75.7G works, then it stands to reason that a Grow Taller 5.75.7G would also work.

IIRC Shannon said that the problem doesn't lie in the tech. It has to do with how the physical subs work. The subconscious can't just be given a set of physical goal and figure them out on their own. It has to be given a specific instruction so that it could work. In the case of Grow Taller, he hasn't found a solid method yet to increase height for those whose bone plates have fused. CMIIW

That being said, I really really hope for Grow Taller sub that work for adult. I'm quite desperate my self about my height 

It's not that "The subconscious can't just be given a set of physical goal and figure them out on their own."  That is an oversimplification of the situation.  There are some cases where that is true,and some where it is not.  It depends on what we are talking about.  in the case of growing taller for people who have their femur's growth plates fused, no amount of specific instructions is going to change the fact that that bone is set, and now we are working with bone tissue, for which a year is not a very long time in the scheme of things when it comes to making changes.

Consider the case of a broken bone.  It can be bright back together and re-formed, and so we know that bone tissue is adjustable and shape-able.  But it takes a very, very long time.  Lengthening set bones may or may not be possible, but it's not a case of "we have built a blood clot at the bone break, and now we are going to use the fibrin as a scaffolding for building new bone," - which is a really fast process compared to the process we actually need to figure out how to do.  Which is, "We have this finished bone, and we have to somehow make it get longer without changing shape so it remains functional while we make these changes.

Can this be done by the body?  Theoretically, yes.  But even if we provide the correct instruction set, and the body can do it and does it, it would most likely take years to gain a noticeable amount, and years and years to gain a single inch.  Also remember that from when you get up in the morning after you sleep, to when you go to bed at night - every day - you have a height shift because of the effects of gravity on your spine that can be more than an inch.  So unless you measure yourself at the exact same time every morning just after waking up, and you don't make any mistakes (angling it wrong, different posture, etc.) you won't likely know for sure if it did anything.

I will eventually make another Grow Taller sub, but there are a lot of factors to this that can screw things up if you're not still in the natural bone lengthening growth stages of your development.