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NancyLebovitz comments on April 2014 Media Thread - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: NancyLebovitz 02 April 2014 12:11:59AM 2 points [-]

What makes it really transhumanist is that the speaker doesn't stop with the idea of bringing abilities up to the human norm or even to existing human excellence. He's got assorted feet (long and narrow, with claws, whatever) which enable him to climb in ways that aren't possible for unmodified humans, and he's very pleased with that.