"J. R. Molloy" <jr@shasta.com> writes:
> The Jekyll and Hyde story offers a metaphorical lesson: Once Dr. Jekyll
> changes himself, he loses control and Mr. Hyde takes over... And Mr. Hyde
> has no interest in nor ability to make a potion quickly returning him to the
> Dr. Jekyll entity. So, if humans sever their ties with biology, and then
> something goes wrong (as it always does), the new posthuman techno-species
> will have no recourse, having burned its bridges behind itself. (The phrase
> "up the creek without a paddle" seems apropos here.)
> As part of the environment, Homo Sapiens deserves conservation as much as
Sure. And I think that is a *good* thing. But I seriously doubt all
humans will take that step, there will always be a pool of people who
for a variety of good and bad reasons chose to remain human.
> does the mountain gorilla or the panda bear. But in our case, we have to do
> it for ourselves (despite science fiction about Powers).
>
> If humans attain immortality via non-biological means, then it no longer
> makes sense to call them human. Then they have died and gone to posthuman
> afterlife.
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