thomblake comments on Rationality Quotes August 2011 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: DanielLC 06 August 2011 12:14:08AM 7 points [-]

Just sew an extra one on first.

Comment author: thomblake 22 August 2011 02:50:13PM 5 points [-]

Fully general version: just sew a rat onto the human first

Comment author: DSimon 22 August 2011 03:44:41PM *  1 point [-]

The first three times I read this I thought you said "just sew a rat onto the human fist".

And I thought: that would be a pretty terrible superpower. But, because of that, it could make for a really interesting superhero. What use is a rat sewn to your fist? At first, it seems like the answer is "none, if not negative", but that's just what they want the criminal underworld to think...