Eliezer S. Yudkowsky writes:
>Transhumanism is the idea that future technology will probably improve
>dramatically on the human body and the human mind. We or our descendants, in
>five years or five hundred, may transcend so many limitations that we will no
>longer be recognizably human - or even mortal.
I have a lot of sympathy for this, as it's pretty similar to my proposal. But why just mention the body & mind? Transhumanists seem to talk alot about improving a lot of other things as well. (And why especially highlight the mortality issue?)
Robin Hanson
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