Difference between revisions of "Baseline human"
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Any human that lacks [[augment]]s of any form, either [[Wikipedia:Cybernetics|cybernetic]] or genetic. If a baseline human is augmented, that human becomes a [[posthuman]], which is a more specific form of [[metahuman|metahumanity]]. | Any human that lacks [[augment]]s of any form, either [[Wikipedia:Cybernetics|cybernetic]] or genetic. If a baseline human is augmented, that human becomes a [[posthuman]], which is a more specific form of [[metahuman|metahumanity]]. | ||
| − | All people in a modern day [[RL]] nation are baseline humans, barring those experimenting with basic cybernetic implants. Prosthetics do not classify someone as [[posthuman]] because medical prosthetics are intended to return functionality to a person, not grant them superior functionality. Prosthetic legs that increase the speed a user can run or the weight a user can lift classify as an [[augment]]. | + | All people in a modern day [[RL]] nation are baseline humans, barring those experimenting with basic cybernetic implants. Prosthetics do not classify someone as [[posthuman]] because medical prosthetics are intended to return functionality to a person, not grant them superior functionality. Prosthetic legs that increase the speed a user can run or the weight a user can lift classify as an [[augment]] and thus make the augmented human using it a [[posthuman]]. |
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Revision as of 22:04, 9 October 2004
Any human that lacks augments of any form, either cybernetic or genetic. If a baseline human is augmented, that human becomes a posthuman, which is a more specific form of metahumanity.
All people in a modern day RL nation are baseline humans, barring those experimenting with basic cybernetic implants. Prosthetics do not classify someone as posthuman because medical prosthetics are intended to return functionality to a person, not grant them superior functionality. Prosthetic legs that increase the speed a user can run or the weight a user can lift classify as an augment and thus make the augmented human using it a posthuman.
