Humans Plus or Minus: An Introduction
Is transhumanism the great promise of technoscience or “the world’s most dangerous idea”? The debate is an extremely fruitful field for philosophical and theological inquiry.
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H-: Millennialism at the Singularity: Reflections on Metaphors, Meanings, and the Limits of Exponential Logic
Imagine billions of nanobots, tiny computerized machines smaller than your red blood cells, travelling through your body, inserted in your brain, all communicating internally with each other and externally with machines outside of your body. These nanobots could repair damaged cells in your body, destroy cancer cells, eliminate pathogens, provide optimum nutrition, eliminate unhealthy chemicals,…
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H-: Wrestling with Transhumanism
The transhumanist community is one that is fervently involved in trying to figure out where technogenesis is headed in the contemporary era and what it implies about our human future.
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H-: Cybernetics Is An Antihumanism: Advanced Technologies and the Rebellion Against the Human Condition
Cybernetics calls to mind a series of familiar images that turn out on closer inspection to be highly doubtful.
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H-: Brains, Selves and Spirituality in the History of Cybernetics
Cybernetic immortality is the idea that we can achieve a sort of immortality by downloading (or uploading) our consciousness into a computer.
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H-: Transhumanism and the Posthuman Future: Will Technological Progress Get Us There?
Transhumanists assume that progress is inherent in nature and culture. The direction is set; the task of transhumanist technology is to increase the speed forward.
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H-: Of Which Human Are We Post?
The issues of the human, the posthuman and the transhuman revolve around distinctive narratives, and these are often highly slippery.
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H+: Trite Truths About Technology: A Reply to Ted Peters
Ted Peters and others have reminded us of some trite truths about technology, and that the reminder may serve as a reality check for transhumanists
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H+: Bringing Arts/Sciences and Design Into the Discussion of Transhumanism
The central issue now is the actuality of altering the human form is practicable, duplicating the mind is probable, and extending life is feasible.
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H+: In Defense of Posthuman Dignity
The prospect of posthumanity is feared for at least two reasons. One is that the state of being posthuman might in itself be degrading. Another is that posthumans might pose a threat to “ordinary” humans.
