putting aside the acknowledgement that it is unfortunate to lose a leg.
I do not understand why one would want a metal leg.
if it were me, I would want a surrounding material that snapped onto the metal leg that looked like a human leg.
I think that metal legs are an identification with a machine/human future.
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@the-grifter saidKeeping up appearances is important.
putting aside the acknowledgement that it is unfortunate to lose a leg.
I do not understand why one would want a metal leg.
if it were me, I would want a surrounding material that snapped onto the metal leg that looked like a human leg.
I think that metal legs are an identification with a machine/human future.
@the-grifter saidA metallic leg would work quite different to a muscular one.
putting aside the acknowledgement that it is unfortunate to lose a leg.
I do not understand why one would want a metal leg.
if it were me, I would want a surrounding material that snapped onto the metal leg that looked like a human leg.
I think that metal legs are an identification with a machine/human future.
Stabilizitaion is a thing there. But robot sience is adcancing rapidly.
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you keep the metal leg and all of the advantage it gives you, you just place a human looking leg around it ( snap on ).
I feel that metal limbs, AI glasses, etc. is a dehumanization ideology seeping into the culture.
I am sure that george Orwell, issac Asimov and ray Bradbury would all agree with me on this.
@the-grifter saidcovering a metal leg with artificial human flesh and skin is an old idea and might be a problem heat balance-wise.
@Ponderable
you keep the metal leg and all of the advantage it gives you, you just place a human looking leg around it ( snap on ).
I feel that metal limbs, AI glasses, etc. is a dehumanization ideology seeping into the culture.
I am sure that george Orwell, issac Asimov and ray Bradbury would all agree with me on this.
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@the-grifter said"I knew a man with a fake leg and a real foot."
putting aside the acknowledgement that it is unfortunate to lose a leg.
I do not understand why one would want a metal leg.
if it were me, I would want a surrounding material that snapped onto the metal leg that looked like a human leg.
I think that metal legs are an identification with a machine/human future.
--- Steven Wright
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There is a man whom I see occasionally in my neighborhood, jogging, in shorts, on his metal leg-appendage (from half-way down the thigh). It does not look at all like a biological one, and he is apparently quite satisfied with it. I haven't been able to catch up with him to ask why he did not want a more realistic looking one.
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@moonbus saidHey, “if the shoe fits, wear it”.👍
"I knew a man with a fake leg and a real foot."
--- Steven Wright
😀
There is a man whom I see occasionally in my neighborhood, jogging, in shorts, on his metal leg-appendage (from half-way down the thigh). It does not look at all like a biological one, and he is apparently quite satisfied with it. I haven't been able to catch up with him to ask why he did not want a more realistic looking one.
@the-grifter saidI think the mechanical, bionic type looks kind of cool.
putting aside the acknowledgement that it is unfortunate to lose a leg.
I do not understand why one would want a metal leg.
if it were me, I would want a surrounding material that snapped onto the metal leg that looked like a human leg.
I think that metal legs are an identification with a machine/human future.
@the-grifter saidbut would heinlen think the same?
Orwell, Asimov and Bradbury would all agree with me on this.
what would vonnegut's stance be?
and herbert's thoughts?
i wonder who would dare to disagree with yer vast and impressive perspective on the decorations of prosthesis
i acknowledge this thought of yers is more than an earth month old
perhaps you think less lofty of yerself now, and yer assurances of comradery with the elite of science fiction writers
i eagerly await yer dismissal of my poorly disguised mockery