Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2000 21:15:09 -0700
From: "J. R. Molloy" <jr@shasta.com>
Subject: Re: Nietzsche (transhumanist philosopher)
Steve Nichols wrote,
> Aren't the various supernaturalists, including Moh all the bearded
prophets,
> holding many of us back in the human era?
>What do you mean by "the human era"?
- --J. R.
I guess from the start of recorded history to date.........
The Neanderthals & homo erectus clearly lived in a *pre-human era*.
Some "primitive" tribes, although homo sapiens, seem to be living in a
different psychological state to modern people, which Jung compares
with what we might now call "schizophrenia"
(cite aboriginal dreamtime) in which "animism" and communication with
spirits is a constant and real experience. Such tribes which had no concept
of
"human" could also be said to be pre-human.
The post-human period starts with median vision theory (MVT) and the
solution of the "hard problem" in western philosophy, and the resulting
transparency through understanding of modern self-referential consciousness,
and is a state of mind rather than any technological improvement (these are
incremental and have been going on throughout human history).
"How to become post-human" instructions and links to MVT info can be found
at http://www.multi.co.uk/identity.htm
Outwards ...
www.steve-nichols.com
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