Rationally Speaking: Why we don’t need transhumanism

Rationally Speaking: Why we don’t need transhumanism: "Julia has recently made a good case for transhumanism, easily rebuffing some of the most popular, and somewhat inane, objections to the “movement.” She started her post by reminding us that transhumanism is “the idea that we should be pursuing science and technology to improve the human condition, modifying our bodies and our minds to make us smarter, healthier, happier, and potentially longer-lived.” She immediately acknowledged my retort during a recent Rationally Speaking podcast that if one defines transhumanism that way, we don’t need a movement, because we have been doing just what transhumanists advocate since the dawn of civilization. In fact, what transhumanism is about is the promotion of radical alterations to human bodies and minds, through a variety of futuristic technologies that include genetic engineering and “mind uploading” (whatever that means)."