Sun Ra
06-23-2006, 11:10 PM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transhumanism
"Transhumanist philosophers argue that there not only exists an ethical imperative for humans to strive for progress and improvement of the human condition but that it is possible and desirable for humanity to enter a post-Darwinian phase of existence, in which humans are in control of their own evolution. In such a phase, natural evolution would be replaced with deliberate change. To this end, transhumanists engage in interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and evaluating possibilities for overcoming biological limitations."
I think this is really really interesting, you guys should read that wiki. What do you think future political systems would be like if the Transhumanist goal was ever fully realized? Because I mean "post-Darwinian" doesn't really have a KKKapitalist ring to it...
I think that things like Transhumanism and debates about the ethics of genetic expirimentation are potential indicators of the impending evolution of society's political structure and how we think.
"The transhumanist vision of a profoundly transformed future humanity has attracted many supporters as well as critics from a wide range of perspectives. Transhumanism has been described by a proponent as the "movement that epitomizes the most daring, courageous, imaginative, and idealistic aspirations of humanity,"[2] while according to a prominent critic, it is the world's most dangerous idea.[3]"
"The majority of transhumanists are materialists who do not believe in a transcendent human soul. Transhumanist personhood theory also argues against the unique identification of moral actors and subjects with biological humans, judging as speciesist the exclusion of nonhuman and part-human animals, and sophisticated machines, from ethical consideration.[29] Many believe in the compatibility of human minds with computer hardware, with the theoretical implication that human consciousness may someday be transferred to alternative media.[30]"
This is something that comes across to me as a blatent disregard for religion, among other things, and the potential for people to finally concentrate on our progress as humans.
"Transhumanist philosophers argue that there not only exists an ethical imperative for humans to strive for progress and improvement of the human condition but that it is possible and desirable for humanity to enter a post-Darwinian phase of existence, in which humans are in control of their own evolution. In such a phase, natural evolution would be replaced with deliberate change. To this end, transhumanists engage in interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and evaluating possibilities for overcoming biological limitations."
I think this is really really interesting, you guys should read that wiki. What do you think future political systems would be like if the Transhumanist goal was ever fully realized? Because I mean "post-Darwinian" doesn't really have a KKKapitalist ring to it...
I think that things like Transhumanism and debates about the ethics of genetic expirimentation are potential indicators of the impending evolution of society's political structure and how we think.
"The transhumanist vision of a profoundly transformed future humanity has attracted many supporters as well as critics from a wide range of perspectives. Transhumanism has been described by a proponent as the "movement that epitomizes the most daring, courageous, imaginative, and idealistic aspirations of humanity,"[2] while according to a prominent critic, it is the world's most dangerous idea.[3]"
"The majority of transhumanists are materialists who do not believe in a transcendent human soul. Transhumanist personhood theory also argues against the unique identification of moral actors and subjects with biological humans, judging as speciesist the exclusion of nonhuman and part-human animals, and sophisticated machines, from ethical consideration.[29] Many believe in the compatibility of human minds with computer hardware, with the theoretical implication that human consciousness may someday be transferred to alternative media.[30]"
This is something that comes across to me as a blatent disregard for religion, among other things, and the potential for people to finally concentrate on our progress as humans.