CuSithBell comments on Rationality Quotes June 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: CuSithBell 08 June 2012 01:05:57PM 1 point [-]

I think it could make a pretty interesting Discussion post, and would pair well with some discussion of how becoming a cyborg supposedly makes you less empathic.

Comment author: witzvo 09 June 2012 02:47:35AM 1 point [-]

Serious question: is the cyborg part a joke? I can't tell around here.

Comment author: CuSithBell 09 June 2012 03:55:38AM 3 points [-]

Fair question! I phrased it a little flippantly, but it was a sincere sentiment - I've heard somewhere or other that receiving a prosthetic limb results in a decrease in empathy, something to do with becoming detached from the physical world, and this ties in intriguingly with the scifi trope about cyborging being dehumanizing.