Will_Sawin comments on Rationality Quotes: January 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Will_Sawin 10 January 2011 05:42:27AM 2 points [-]

You could end up double-standing. Transcend to a new level of up? Walk up some stairs, perhaps?

Comment author: SilasBarta 10 January 2011 11:50:08PM 0 points [-]

Indeed. What is to standing, as standing is to sitting? What is to walking, as walking is to crawling? What is to humans, as humans are to their pets? What is to 3D movement, as 3D movement is to 2D?

Or something.

Comment author: [deleted] 11 January 2011 12:30:45AM *  8 points [-]

What is to standing, as standing is to sitting?

Jumping.

What is to walking, as walking is to crawling?

Running.

What is to humans, as humans are to their pets?

Dragons.

What is to 3D movement, as 3D movement is to 2D?

4D movement.

Comment author: Broggly 23 February 2011 01:10:32PM 3 points [-]

What is to walking, as walking is to crawling?

Hopping. Each time you halve the number of limbs involved.

What is to standing, as standing is to sitting?

Standing like a chicken, with your knee and hip joints bent the wrong way.