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08 October 2008

Give him a hand! Man reportedly doing well after world's first double arm transplant.

post by: BoringPostcards at: 13:28 | 12 comments

No way! I can haz double arms???

I love you, Science.

posted by Lipstick Thespian 08 October | 13:29

On the one hand, that's AWESOME.

And on the other...Adam.

posted by Fuzzbean 08 October | 13:56

And on the third hand, it occurs to me that that was not the most sensitive construction I could have used.

*headdesk*

posted by Fuzzbean 08 October | 13:57

And on the gripping hand ....

I looked at that slideshow and he clearly has only one arm on each side.

posted by dhartung 08 October | 14:11

Exactly right... they replaced the arms he lost six years ago.

posted by BoringPostcards 08 October | 15:19

I wonder what it's gonna be like, for him, to masturbate with someone else's hands.

posted by MonkeyButter 08 October | 15:24

I imagine he's been doing it that way for the last six years.

posted by BoringPostcards 08 October | 15:30

HAHAHAHAH

posted by MonkeyButter 08 October | 15:34

Odd question, if he was right-handed before, will having new arms give him the option of being left-handed, since he'd be learning to use them from scratch? just something that occurred to me.

posted by jonmc 08 October | 19:03

I'm no expert, but I'm guessing no, figuring handedness is more in the brain than it is in the arms.

posted by box 08 October | 19:08

What box said. You develop your limbs based on how your brain is wired, not vice versa. (As I understand it.)

posted by BoringPostcards 08 October | 20:25

Yep, or it's wired from past use.

posted by ethylene 08 October | 23:12

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