Posthumanism

[New Heliopolis]

Basically, this idea:

"Posthumanism mainly differentiates from classical humanism in that it restores the stature that had been made of humanity to one of many natural species. According to this claim, humans have no inherent rights to destroy nature or set themselves above it in ethical considerations a priori. Human knowledge is also reduced to a less controlling position, previously seen as the defining aspect of the world. The limitations and fallibility of human intelligence are confessed, even though it does not imply abandoning the rational tradition of humanism.'

(Link-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumanism)

I, for one, am a post-humanist, but I'm curious as to your own thoughts. Care to share?

[Pope Joan]

This might be a good philosophy to be adopted by all those posthumans that will be created by the artificial sperm we heard about yesterday.

Otherwise, i intend to maintain my place in the food chain.

[Jordaxia]

I define as a transhumanist, in terms of philosophical beliefs about humanities future. Humanity is a transitional species, and through developing our intellect we will guide our own evolution and become something better. That's my beliefs in a nutshell, and I'm not really sure how to expand on that in this thread without some direction.

[UnhealthyTruthseeker]

I more advocate transhumanism.

[Saint Clair Island]

I disdain any labels that end in -ism, especially if they have prefixes.

I guess this makes me an antilabelist.

[Farnhamia]

This might be a good philosophy to be adopted by all those posthumans that will be created by the artificial sperm we heard about yesterday.

Otherwise, i intend to maintain my place in the food chain.

I have to agree. My first thought was "PETA Humanism."

We certainly shouldn't go destroying nature "because we can." That's juvenile.

What other knowledge is there besides "human knowledge"? And how would it not legitimately be the "defining aspect of the world"? Until another sentient species on the earth is revealed, who else is there?

I'm happy to confess the limitations and fallibility of human intelligence, while pointing out that we're getting better at figuring out the world all the time.

This strikes me as New Age "One With The World, We Are Insignificant" bullshit.

[Thethunderdome]

I disdain any labels that end in -ism, especially if they have prefixes.

I guess this makes me an antilabelist.

Wouldn't that make you a follower of antilabelism?

yes, I get the joke

[Saint Clair Island]

I disdain any labels that end in -ism, especially if they have prefixes.

I guess this makes me an antilabelist.

Wouldn't that make you a follower of antilabelism?

Of course not. We antilabelists don't follow anything.

[Lacadaemon]

Nature's had the planet for what, 5 billion years? It's our turn now!

[Deschenek]

I'm mostly a religous man (thus not humanist) and if you want I can gve you a history on humanism and its stupidity right here, right now.

Heres another question, Can you be humanist and relgious at the same time? (besides worshipping yourself of course)

[Post-Unity Terra]

I'm mostly a religous man (thus not humanist) and if you want I can gve you a history on humanism and its stupidity right here, right now.

This should be interesting.

[Milks Empire]

Nature's had the planet for what, 5 billion years? It's our turn now!

It never will be. Nature has always had and will continue eternally to have many, many ways to kill us off whenever the hell she feels like it.

[Post-Unity Terra]

Nature's had the planet for what, 5 billion years? It's our turn now!

It never will be. Nature has always had and will continue eternally to have many, many ways to kill us off whenever the hell she feels like it.

Fuck nature. Let's scour the face off the planet with nuclear weapons and have our turn.

[Brogavia]

Post Humanism is garbage in every sense of the word. We evolved to highest level on the food chain, and until something else comes along thats smart enough to replace that, we will stay there.

[Milks Empire]

Nature's had the planet for what, 5 billion years? It's our turn now!

It never will be. Nature has always had and will continue eternally to have many, many ways to kill us off whenever the hell she feels like it.

Fuck nature. Let's scour the face off the planet with nuclear weapons and have our turn.

That's still nature at work. Human nature, but nature still.