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Old 01-02-2018, 04:05 AM   #2
johndallman
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Cambridge, UK
Default Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week (#0): Introduction

I'd give Hermaphromorph its own discussion. It's socially distinct from Elastic Skin, which is "only" an advanced form of disguise. Hermaphromorph will alter your social role in many societies.

A society where everyone had Elastic Skin would have a very different concept of personal identity from ours. A society where everyone had Hermaphromorph would have deeper, but less immediately obvious differences; LeGuin's The Left Hand of Darkness presents an example, but there are many other possibilities.
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