Superhuman
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A superhuman is a person with unusual capabilities enabling them to perform feats well beyond anything that an ordinary person could conceivably achieve through training and development.
Superhuman can mean an improved human, for example, by genetic modification, cybernetic implants, or as what humans might evolve into, in the near or distant future. Occasionally, it could mean an otherwise "normal" human with unusual abilities, such as psychic abilities, flying abilities, unimaginable strength or exceptional proficiency at something, far beyond the normal.
Superhuman can also mean something that is not human, but considered to be "superior" to humans in some ways. A robot that easily passed the Turing test, and could do some things humans cannot, could be considered superhuman. A very intelligent or strong alien could be considered superhuman. In its most basic sense it means anything beyond (typical) human capabilities, e.g. a tiger may be described as having "superhuman strength".
See also
- Hysterical strength
- Mutant (fictional)
- Paranormal
- Parahuman
- Subhuman
- Superhuman strength
- Super race
- Supervillain
- Transhuman
- Übermensch
- The Real Superhumans
- Supersoldier
- Superpowers
- Stan Lee's Superhumans, documentary television series on The History Channel
- Savant syndrome
- Aspergers syndrome
