Transhumanism

Episode 74: Transhumanism Show Notes: transhumanism, social and philosophical movement devoted to promoting the research and development of robust human-enhancement technologies. Such technologies would augment or increase human sensory reception, emotive ability, or cognitive capacity as well as radically improve human health and extend human life spans. Such modifications resulting from the addition of biological or physical technologies would be more or less permanent and integrated into the human body. The movement has evolved since its beginnings as a loose association of groups dedicated to “extropianism” (a philosophy devoted to the transcendence of human limits). Transhumanism is principally divided between adherents of two visions of post-humanity—one in which technological and genetic improvements have created a distinct species of radically enhanced humans and the other in which greater-than-human machine intelligence emerges. The second strain of transhumanism holds a contrasting view, that social institutions (such as religion, traditional notions of marriage and child rearing, and Western perspectives of freedom) not only can influence the trajectory of technological development but could ultimately retard or halt it. “It is their belief that we can and should eradicate aging as a cause of death; that we can and should use technology to augment our bodies and our minds; that we can and should merge with machines, remaking ourselves, finally, in the image of our own higher ideals.” ~Mark O’Connell in his book To Be a Machine Scripture References: All Scripture references cited from the King James Version Bible Genesis 3:1-5, Ecclesiastes 1:9-11, Genesis 3:22-23, Psalm 90:1-12, Psalm 49:6-15, Daniel 12:4, Matthew 24:23-25, 2 Thessalonians 2:7-12, Revelation 13:16-18, Revelation 9:1-6, Mark 8:35-38, Hebrews 9:27-28, Romans 1:18-25, Romans 2:1-6, 2 Corinthians 5:9-11, Isaiah 13:6-13, 2 Peter 3:3-7, John 3:16, John 5:39-40 Takeaway: Man was not created to die, but to live forever with God the F