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[-] fubo@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There are a lot of different human faculties that can be augmented!

We augment our senses every day with tools like microphones, microscopes, radio, radar, telescopes, X-rays, cameras, etc.

And when our senses fail us, we augment them with eyeglasses, hearing aids, and so on.

We augment our legs with bicycles, skateboards, cars, airplanes, etc.

And when our legs fail us, we augment them with braces, crutches, wheelchairs, electric scooters, walkers, etc.

We augment our memory retrieval with writing, library science, search engines, and regular expressions.

We augment our ability to measure lengths with rulers, measuring-tapes, and surveying equipment.

We augment our immune systems with masks, rubber gloves, antiseptics, antibiotics, cancer therapies, water treatment, etc.

We augment our sexual functions with erotic stories and art, contraceptives, lubricants, sex toys, dating apps, etc.

We augment our metabolic function with cooking, fermentation, agriculture, selective breeding of crop species, etc.

We augment our musical abilities with horns, percussion, strings, synthesizers, and more.

It turns out that augmenting human ability is itself a core human ability.

[-] PALONK0@lemmy.eco.br 9 points 1 year ago

I see, nature made us to be cyborgs

[-] AngryHumanoid@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago

Many of us are already cyborgs. I have a continuous glocuse monitoring system and an insulin pump, I choose to believe this will give me dual citizenship if there is a robot apocalypse.

[-] LetKCater2U@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Smart! snorts line of pixy stix

[-] fubo@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

We call it "tool use" and "medicine" and "literacy" and "science" and "accessibility" and "culture"

this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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