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What do you guys think of transhumanism?
Personally, I think it sounds great.

We're already transhumans. Eye glasses, hearing aids, pacemakers, cochlear implants, hip replacements the list goes on and on.

Samuraikoku wrote:... And they shall know no fear.

Praise the machine god.

Maroza wrote:

Samuraikoku wrote:... And they shall know no fear.

Praise the machine god.

There is no truth in flesh, only betrayal.
There is no strength in flesh, only weakness.
There is no constancy in flesh, only decay.
There is no certainty in flesh, but death.

Meme's aside, yep. I'm greatly in favor of mechanical transhumanism, Not so hot on genetic transhumanism but... it's a step forward.

The same I think about GMOs

Disserbia wrote:The same I think about GMOs

And what might that be?

Disserbia wrote:The same I think about GMOs

Which would be helpful if you stated that positon.

Cosara wrote:And I thought Transgenderism was bad.

Best never receive any medical treatment. Stitches can count as transhumanism. You're taking something not biologically yours and incorporating it into your body.

Psh, I'd say I've got a pretty close to symbiotic relationship with my phone already. My memory and organization are hardly fantastic, and it really helps with that. Plus, snake.

Someday we'll all be like Iron Man. And that would be awesome.

I am in favor of something similar, though a bit different:

Khadgar wrote:

Cosara wrote:And I thought Transgenderism was bad.

Best never receive any medical treatment. Stitches can count as transhumanism. You're taking something not biologically yours and incorporating it into your body.

Gotta love how he deleted that within a couple of seconds after maybe realizing he'd said something grossly offensive and unintelligent. Bless ya, Cosara.

Technopolis wrote:

Khadgar wrote: Best never receive any medical treatment. Stitches can count as transhumanism. You're taking something not biologically yours and incorporating it into your body.

Gotta love how he deleted that within a couple of seconds after maybe realizing he'd said something grossly offensive and unintelligent. Bless ya, Cosara.

It is fortunate that I caught it.

Khadgar wrote:

Technopolis wrote:Gotta love how he deleted that within a couple of seconds after maybe realizing he'd said something grossly offensive and unintelligent. Bless ya, Cosara.

It is fortunate that I caught it.

Really having to restrain myself not to tear into Cosara a bit more here. Maybe there should be a thread for it, since it seems to happen in every thread he posts in. Anyhow. Transhumanism's pretty cool. Robocop and stuff. Woo!

After reading books like Altered Carbon, Software, and Mindscan, I definitely have reservations about it. While transplants, implants, and prosthesis are inarguably beneficial to those who are already impaired, we should be careful not to replace what already works.

I am not a fan of transhumanism; the very thought of it makes me sick and causes irritation with leads to anger. It is threat to the very survival of the species, and as such should be killed in its infancy, along with AI.

Ratateague wrote:After reading books like Altered Carbon, Software, and Mindscan, I definitely have reservations about it. While transplants, implants, and prosthesis are inarguably beneficial to those who are already impaired, we should be careful not to replace what already works.

Science fiction is rarely accurate. It'd be ridiculous to give up nigh immortality in the name of nature.

Trollgaard wrote:I am not a fan of transhumanism; the very thought of it makes me sick and causes irritation with leads to anger. It is threat to the very survival of the species, and as such should be killed in its infancy, along with AI.

Really? Even implants that could help disabled people walk/see/etc? That just seems selfish.

Good and necessary. I hope to survive for the advent of cyborgs and mind uploading, and hopefully I will survive long enough for anti-aging technlogy so I can live as long as I want.

inb4technophobia

Technopolis wrote:

Trollgaard wrote:I am not a fan of transhumanism; the very thought of it makes me sick and causes irritation with leads to anger. It is threat to the very survival of the species, and as such should be killed in its infancy, along with AI.

Really? Even implants that could help disabled people walk/see/etc? That just seems selfish.

Those are debatable, but are about the limit of what should be done.

Technopolis wrote:

Ratateague wrote:After reading books like Altered Carbon, Software, and Mindscan, I definitely have reservations about it. While transplants, implants, and prosthesis are inarguably beneficial to those who are already impaired, we should be careful not to replace what already works.

Science fiction is rarely accurate. It'd be ridiculous to give up nigh immortality in the name of nature.

You would only become immortal in-so-far as market forces would allow your own autonomy. Coincidentally, Market Forces is another title of a Richard K. Morgan novel.

It is a subversion of natural selection

I am for both genetic and mechanical transhumanism.

Tamoi wrote:It is a subversion of natural selection

And this is a bad thing because?