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Friday, July 13, 2012

Transhumanism: Man, Machine, and the Quest for Godhood

The Sampradaya Sun - Independent Vaisnava News - Editorial Stories - July 2012: "Transhumanism is the belief that through the use of technology, man will "transcend" the limits of his conditioning - his mortal coil - and will become something "post-human" - a god essentially.



Throughout the ages, the Puranas tell us of many stories of great demigods, sages and demons who've tried to transcend the limits of their material existence, i.e. birth, death, old age, and disease. In the modern era, man's technological development has been to such a rapid extent that many envision him eventually merging with machine, and by so doing, "transcending" his current conditioning. Man, to the Transhumanist, is only in the beginning phases of what he is ultimately meant to become."

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