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Superhuman

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Superhuman qualities are qualities that exceed those found in humans. [1]

93 relations: A Critique of Pure Tolerance, American comic book, Aristocracy, Atomic Age, Übermensch, Babylon 5, Backgammon, Binomial nomenclature, Bioethics, Cesare Borgia, Chess, CoDominium, Comics, Computer bridge, Cyberware, Cyborg, Dean Ing, Deity, Dune (franchise), Empathy, Evolution, Extinction, Extraterrestrial life, Face Dancer, Fantasy, Friedrich Nietzsche, Future, Futures studies, Gene therapy, Genetic engineering, Go (game), Hominidae, Homo sapiens, Human, Human biology, Human body, Human enhancement, Human evolution, Humanity+, Hybrid (biology), Immortality, Italian Renaissance, James Hughes (sociologist), Jeopardy!, Kzin, List of superhuman features and abilities in fiction, List of technology in the Dune universe, Marvel Comics, Metahuman, Mork & Mindy, ..., Mutant, Mutant (Marvel Comics), Mutants in fiction, Mutation, Nanomedicine, Natural selection, Neurotechnology, Nootropic, Orthogenesis, Pacifism, Percival, Posthuman, Prequel, Progress in artificial intelligence, Psi Corps, Reversi, Role-playing game, Sandworm (Dune), Science fiction, Scrabble, Selective breeding, Sentinel (comics), Species, Speedster (fiction), Stan Lee's Superhumans, Super race, Superhero, Superhuman strength, Superintelligence, Superman, Supernatural, Superpower (ability), Supersoldier, Supervillain, Telepathy, The Mote in God's Eye, The Real Superhumans, The Tomorrow People, Trademark, Transhuman, Transhumanism, Vulcan (Star Trek), X-Men. Expand index (43 more) »

A Critique of Pure Tolerance

A Critique of Pure Tolerance is a 1965 book by the philosopher Robert Paul Wolff, the sociologist Barrington Moore Jr., and the philosopher Herbert Marcuse.

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American comic book

An American comic book is a thin periodical, typically 32-pages, containing comics content.

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Aristocracy

Aristocracy (Greek ἀριστοκρατία aristokratía, from ἄριστος aristos "excellent", and κράτος kratos "power") is a form of government that places strength in the hands of a small, privileged ruling class.

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Atomic Age

The Atomic Age, also known as the Atomic Era, is the period of history following the detonation of the first nuclear ("atomic") bomb, Trinity, on July 16, 1945, during World War II.

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Übermensch

The Übermensch (German for "Beyond-Man", "Superman", "Overman", "Superhuman", "Hyperman", "Hyperhuman") is a concept in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche.

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Babylon 5

Babylon 5 is an American science fiction television series created by writer and producer J. Michael Straczynski, under the Babylonian Productions label, in association with Straczynski's Synthetic Worlds Ltd.

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Backgammon

Backgammon is one of the oldest known board games.

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Binomial nomenclature

Binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system") also called nomenclature ("two-name naming system") or binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Bioethics

Bioethics is the study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine.

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Cesare Borgia

Cesare Borgia (Catalan:; César Borja,; 13 September 1475 – 12 March 1507), Duke of Valentinois, was an Italian condottiero, nobleman, politician, and cardinal with Aragonese origin, whose fight for power was a major inspiration for The Prince by Machiavelli.

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Chess

Chess is a two-player strategy board game played on a chessboard, a checkered gameboard with 64 squares arranged in an 8×8 grid.

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CoDominium

CoDominium is a series of future history novels written by American writer Jerry Pournelle, along with several co-authors, primarily Larry Niven.

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Comics

a medium used to express ideas by images, often combined with text or other visual information.

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Computer bridge

Computer bridge is the playing of the game contract bridge using computer software.

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Cyberware

Cyberware is a relatively new and unknown field (a proto-science, or more adequately a "proto-technology").

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Cyborg

A cyborg (short for "'''cyb'''ernetic '''org'''anism") is a being with both organic and biomechatronic body parts.

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Dean Ing

Dean Charles Ing (born 1931) is an American author, who usually writes in the science fiction and techno-thriller genres.

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Deity

A deity is a supernatural being considered divine or sacred.

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Dune (franchise)

Dune is a science fiction media franchise that originated with the 1965 novel Dune by Frank Herbert.

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Empathy

Empathy is the capacity to understand or feel what another person is experiencing from within their frame of reference, i.e., the capacity to place oneself in another's position.

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Evolution

Evolution is change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.

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Extinction

In biology, extinction is the termination of an organism or of a group of organisms (taxon), normally a species.

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Extraterrestrial life

Extraterrestrial life,Where "extraterrestrial" is derived from the Latin extra ("beyond", "not of") and terrestris ("of Earth", "belonging to Earth").

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Face Dancer

A Face Dancer is a type of human in Frank Herbert's science fiction ''Dune'' universe.

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Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.

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Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (15 October 1844 – 25 August 1900) was a German philosopher, cultural critic, composer, poet, philologist and a Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history.

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Future

The future is what will happen in the time after the present.

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Futures studies

Futures studies (also called futurology) is the study of postulating possible, probable, and preferable futures and the worldviews and myths that underlie them.

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Gene therapy

In the medicine field, gene therapy (also called human gene transfer) is the therapeutic delivery of nucleic acid into a patient's cells as a drug to treat disease.

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Genetic engineering

Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification or genetic manipulation, is the direct manipulation of an organism's genes using biotechnology.

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Go (game)

Go is an abstract strategy board game for two players, in which the aim is to surround more territory than the opponent.

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Hominidae

The Hominidae, whose members are known as great apes or hominids, are a taxonomic family of primates that includes eight extant species in four genera: Pongo, the Bornean, Sumatran and Tapanuli orangutan; Gorilla, the eastern and western gorilla; Pan, the common chimpanzee and the bonobo; and Homo, which includes modern humans and its extinct relatives (e.g., the Neanderthal), and ancestors, such as Homo erectus.

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Homo sapiens

Homo sapiens is the systematic name used in taxonomy (also known as binomial nomenclature) for the only extant human species.

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Human

Humans (taxonomically Homo sapiens) are the only extant members of the subtribe Hominina.

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Human biology

Human biology is an interdisciplinary area of study that examines humans through the influences and interplay of many diverse fields such as genetics, evolution, physiology, anatomy, epidemiology, anthropology, ecology, nutrition, population genetics and sociocultural influences.

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Human body

The human body is the entire structure of a human being.

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Human enhancement

Human enhancement (Augment) is "any attempt to temporarily or permanently overcome the current limitations of the human body through natural or artificial means.

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Human evolution

Human evolution is the evolutionary process that led to the emergence of anatomically modern humans, beginning with the evolutionary history of primates – in particular genus Homo – and leading to the emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species of the hominid family, the great apes.

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Humanity+

Humanity Plus (also Humanity+, Inc. formerly the World Transhumanist Association) is an international organization which advocates the ethical use of emerging technologies to enhance human capacities.

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Hybrid (biology)

In biology, a hybrid, or crossbreed, is the result of combining the qualities of two organisms of different breeds, varieties, species or genera through sexual reproduction.

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Immortality

Immortality is eternal life, being exempt from death, unending existence.

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Italian Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance (Rinascimento) was the earliest manifestation of the general European Renaissance, a period of great cultural change and achievement that began in Italy during the 14th century (Trecento) and lasted until the 17th century (Seicento), marking the transition between Medieval and Modern Europe.

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James Hughes (sociologist)

James J. Hughes (born May 27, 1961) is an American sociologist and bioethicist.

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Jeopardy!

Jeopardy! is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin.

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Kzin

The Kzinti (singular Kzin) are a fictional, very warlike and bloodthirsty race of cat-like aliens in Larry Niven's Known Space series.

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List of superhuman features and abilities in fiction

Many forms of fiction feature characters attributed with superhuman, supernatural, or paranormal abilities, often referred to as "superpowers" (also spelled "super powers" and "super-powers") or "powers".

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List of technology in the Dune universe

The technology in the Dune universe is a key aspect of the fictional setting of the Dune series of science fiction novels written by Frank Herbert, and derivative works.

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Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics is the common name and primary imprint of Marvel Worldwide Inc., formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, a publisher of American comic books and related media.

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Metahuman

In DC Comics' DC Universe, a metahuman is a superhuman.

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Mork & Mindy

Mork & Mindy is an American sitcom and a spin-off of Happy Days that aired on ABC from September 14, 1978 to May 27, 1982.

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Mutant

In biology and especially genetics, a mutant is an organism or a new genetic character arising or resulting from an instance of mutation, which is an alteration of the DNA sequence of a gene or chromosome of an organism.

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Mutant (Marvel Comics)

In American comic books published by Marvel Comics, a mutant is a being (usually otherwise human) who possesses a genetic trait called an X-gene that allows the mutant to naturally develop superhuman powers and abilities.

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Mutants in fiction

The concept of a mutant is a common trope in comic books and science fiction.

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Mutation

In biology, a mutation is the permanent alteration of the nucleotide sequence of the genome of an organism, virus, or extrachromosomal DNA or other genetic elements.

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Nanomedicine

Nanomedicine is the medical application of nanotechnology.

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Natural selection

Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.

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Neurotechnology

Neurotechnology is any technology that has a fundamental influence on how people understand the brain and various aspects of consciousness, thought, and higher order activities in the brain.

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Nootropic

Nootropics, also known as smart drugs and cognitive enhancers, are drugs, supplements, and other substances that purport to improve cognitive function, particularly executive functions, memory, creativity, or motivation, in healthy individuals.

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Orthogenesis

Orthogenesis, also known as orthogenetic evolution, progressive evolution, evolutionary progress, or progressionism, is the biological hypothesis that organisms have an innate tendency to evolve in a definite direction towards some goal (teleology) due to some internal mechanism or "driving force".

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Pacifism

Pacifism is opposition to war, militarism, or violence.

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Percival

Percival—or Perceval, Percivale, etc.—is one of King Arthur's legendary Knights of the Round Table.

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Posthuman

Posthuman or post-human is a concept originating in the fields of science fiction, futurology, contemporary art, and philosophy that literally means a person or entity that exists in a state beyond being human.

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Prequel

A prequel is a literary, dramatic, or cinematic work whose story precedes that of a previous work, by focusing on events that occur before the original narrative.

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Progress in artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence applications have been used in a wide range of fields including medical diagnosis, stock trading, robot control, law, scientific discovery and toys.

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Psi Corps

In the fictional universe of Babylon 5, the Psi Corps is an agency of the Earth Alliance responsible for all humans with telepathic or other para-psychological abilities anywhere within Earth-controlled space.

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Reversi

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Role-playing game

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game and abbreviated to RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

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Sandworm (Dune)

A sandworm is a fictional creature that appears in the ''Dune'' novels written by Frank Herbert.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

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Scrabble

Scrabble is a word game in which two to four players score points by placing tiles bearing a single letter onto a board divided into a 15×15 grid of squares.

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Selective breeding

Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.

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Sentinel (comics)

The Sentinels are a fictional variety of mutant-hunting robots appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Species

In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.

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Speedster (fiction)

A speedster, also known as a speed man, is a character whose powers primarily relate to super-speed.

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Stan Lee's Superhumans

Stan Lee's Superhumans is a documentary television series that debuted from August 5, 2010 to September 17, 2014 on History.

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Super race

A super race is a future race of improved humans that it is proposed be created from present-day human beings by deploying various means such as eugenics, euthenics, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and/or brain-computer interfacing to accelerate the process of human evolution.

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Superhero

A superhero (sometimes rendered super-hero or super hero or Super) is a type of heroic stock character, usually possessing supernatural or superhuman powers, who is dedicated to fighting the evil of his/her universe, protecting the public, and usually battling supervillains.

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Superhuman strength

Superhuman strength, also called super-strength, super strength, increased strength, or enhanced strength, is an ability commonly invoked in fiction.

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Superintelligence

A superintelligence is a hypothetical agent that possesses intelligence far surpassing that of the brightest and most gifted human minds.

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Superman

Superman is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics.

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Supernatural

The supernatural (Medieval Latin: supernātūrālis: supra "above" + naturalis "natural", first used: 1520–1530 AD) is that which exists (or is claimed to exist), yet cannot be explained by laws of nature.

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Superpower (ability)

Superpower is a popular culture term for an imaginary superhuman ability.

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Supersoldier

The supersoldier (or super soldier) is a concept soldier, often fictional, capable of operating beyond normal human limits or abilities.

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Supervillain

A supervillain is a variant of the villainous stock character that is commonly found in American comic books, usually possessing superhuman abilities.

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Telepathy

Telepathy (from the Greek τῆλε, tele meaning "distant" and πάθος, pathos or -patheia meaning "feeling, perception, passion, affliction, experience") is the purported transmission of information from one person to another without using any known human sensory channels or physical interaction.

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The Mote in God's Eye

The Mote in God's Eye is a science fiction novel by American writers Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, first published in 1974.

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The Real Superhumans

The Real Superhumans and the Quest for the Future Fantastic is a two-hour-long special from the Discovery Channel which aired in 2007.

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The Tomorrow People

The Tomorrow People is a British children's science fiction television series, created by Roger Price.

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Trademark

A trademark, trade mark, or trade-markThe styling of trademark as a single word is predominantly used in the United States and Philippines only, while the two-word styling trade mark is used in many other countries around the world, including the European Union and Commonwealth and ex-Commonwealth jurisdictions (although Canada officially uses "trade-mark" pursuant to the Trade-mark Act, "trade mark" and "trademark" are also commonly used).

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Transhuman

Transhuman, or trans-human, is the concept of an intermediary form between human and posthuman.

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Transhumanism

Transhumanism (abbreviated as H+ or h+) is an international intellectual movement that aims to transform the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies to greatly enhance human intellect and physiology.

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Vulcan (Star Trek)

Vulcans (also Vulcanians) are a fictional extraterrestrial humanoid species in the Star Trek franchise who originate from the planet Vulcan.

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X-Men

The X-Men is a team of fictional superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhuman

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