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> "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a w
by vkjv 8y ago
> "A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."
-Robert A. Heinlein
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- 6DM 8y agoA human being is capable of all of these. Very few actually could. Even less could do all of them well.
- no1youknowz 8y agoHuman 1.0 - Humans now. A common single entity can't do that. Human 2.0 - Sure, why not! :)
- learc83 8y agoRemember that in-universe those words were spoken by an arrogant super human who was hundreds of years old.
- seorphates 8y agoI mean, I got 17 out of 21. Subhuman? I see nothing about having to do any of those well, either, so I may human, yet. It's that last one I may have some trouble with. I think I'd much rather sleep through it. I think.