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<blockquote data-quote="Jeff Wilder" data-source="post: 5497161" data-attributes="member: 5122">Interesting.What, as you see it, is the percentile break-point for when someone ceases to be human?If John Smith is the best human in the world at math, by your definition John Smith stops being human, and Jane Johnson then becomes the best human in the world at math.&nbsp; At which point Jane Johnson, by your definition, stops being human, and Xie Zhoumeng then becomes the best human in the world at math.&nbsp; At which point Xie Zhoumeng, by your definition, stops being human ...This is simply wrong.&nbsp; It's not a matter of opinion, it's not a matter of degrees.&nbsp; It is simply contrary to what is flatly stated in the Batman canon and by the creative teams behind the Batman mythology.And yet he's now Batman.&nbsp; (And, BTW, he's a better acrobat than Batman.&nbsp; So, of course, now Dick Grayson is superhuman ... )Again, flatly wrong.&nbsp; You are operating on incorrect assumptions, which (of course) produce incorrect conclusions.You have decided that &quot;Batman isn't human because he can do amazing things and he can do amazing things so he can't possibly be human.&quot;&nbsp; It's circular and it's incorrect.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jeff Wilder, post: 5497161, member: 5122"] Interesting. What, as you see it, is the percentile break-point for when someone ceases to be human? If John Smith is the best human in the world at math, by your definition John Smith stops being human, and Jane Johnson then becomes the best human in the world at math. At which point Jane Johnson, by your definition, stops being human, and Xie Zhoumeng then becomes the best human in the world at math. At which point Xie Zhoumeng, by your definition, stops being human ... This is simply wrong. It's not a matter of opinion, it's not a matter of degrees. It is simply contrary to what is flatly stated in the Batman canon and by the creative teams behind the Batman mythology. And yet he's now Batman. (And, BTW, he's a [I]better[/I] acrobat than Batman. So, of course, now Dick Grayson is superhuman ... ) Again, flatly wrong. You are operating on incorrect assumptions, which (of course) produce incorrect conclusions. You have decided that "Batman isn't human because he can do amazing things and he can do amazing things so he can't possibly be human." It's circular and it's incorrect. [/QUOTE]

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