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Comment author: TimS 03 June 2014 01:10:00AM 1 point [-]

How much can we raise the sanity waterline without transhumanism (i.e. assuming current human biology is a constant)?

As phrased, the parenthetical assumes that biological improvement is the only or primary cause of raising the sanity line. That is not necessarily true - I personally suspect it is false.