Transhumanism

DUMBOBLONDE

Hello,

I was wondering what you lot thought about transhumanism.

I can't wait until the technology is available. We'll all be super smart, in fact this will be the first thing I go for. I am sure they will offer us a list of available choices, a lot like shopping in the Spar.

I might also get my endurance increased.

All this talk about a two tiered race, rubbish. I am sure they will offer us all the same options, they have our best interests at heart. I am also sure that cost will not be a problem.

What would you like to improve, I think I'll be a blonde version of superman, superwoman if you will.:D

Bring it on.

funk-you

Norway is a funny shaped country.

-Funk

biko

“What idea, if embraced, would pose the greatest threat to the welfare of humanity?” This was the question posed by the editors of Foreign Policy in the September/October issue to eight prominent policy intellectuals, among them Francis Fukuyama, professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and member of the President’s Council on Bioethics.

And Fukuyama’s answer? Transhumanism, “a strange liberation movement” whose “crusaders aim much higher than civil rights campaigners, feminists, or gay-rights advocates.” This movement, he says, wants “nothing less than to liberate the human race from its biological constraints.”
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Steve_o

Holy jaysus....

chin_grin

Transhumanism, it's easy. Why I'm being transhuman right now! <unf unf unf unf>

DUMBOBLONDE

biko wrote: »

“What idea, if embraced, would pose the greatest threat to the welfare of humanity?” This was the question posed by the editors of Foreign Policy in the September/October issue to eight prominent policy intellectuals, among them Francis Fukuyama, professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and member of the President’s Council on Bioethics.

And Fukuyama’s answer? Transhumanism, “a strange liberation movement” whose “crusaders aim much higher than civil rights campaigners, feminists, or gay-rights advocates.” This movement, he says, wants “nothing less than to liberate the human race from its biological constraints.”
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rubbish, they would not offer us anyhing that was not for our benefit. We are all in this togeather.

chin_grin

Transhumanists goosestep. FACT. I saw one............yesterday.

biko

Buy the book
Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond To The Redesigned Human Of The Future

whitetrash

Considering we can't make ipods or phones or anything more complex than a calculator that isn't buggy as hell, I don't think I'll be installing anything in myself...

DUMBOBLONDE

biko wrote: »

Buy the book
Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond To The Redesigned Human Of The Future

I don't need any such book.

The scientists are telling us that everything will be great. We have to place our trust in them. Just like we should have placed our trust in the experts over Lisbon. Who are we to question the experts, as I said before that have nothing but our best interests at heart.

Are you one of these cynics??? Anti everything. Well we will just leave your type behind, Darwinism if you will

R0ot

I for one welcome our transhuman overlords. :pac:

chin_grin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Mnemonic_(film)

Aw c'mon imagine having a whole EIGHTY GIGS in yer head. Pr0n central.......uh theres me being transhuman again <uhn uhn uhn>

DUMBOBLONDE

R0ot wrote: »

I for one welcome our transhuman overlords. :pac:

, We will all be special.

chin_grin

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whitetrash

Aw c'mon imagine having a whole EIGHTY GIGS in yer head. Pr0n central.......uh theres me being transhuman again <uhn uhn uhn>

You'll be pissed when the 160 gig 3g version comes out 6 months later though

BINARY SOLO!!!!!!

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Once again without emooo-tion

dr.bollocko

Ah yes. But the Borg were ruined by a simple visual paradox. A chink in the armour.
I already have that Jeff Goldblum chap working on a virus right now.
Does my groinal hoover attachment count?
It just won't come loose.
Sucks!

chin_grin

whitetrash wrote: »

You'll be pissed when the 160 gig 3g version comes out 6 months later though



Once again without emooo-tion

Well you need a "doubler" for that.

"His brain can carry nearly 80 gigabytes worth of data, or 160 gigabytes if he uses a doubler. " (From the wiki on Johnny Mnemonic....)

Sounds a little too techie for me. Imagine the headaches. Ooh, all those non-contiguous files leaking around yer membranes. Doesn't bear thinking about! zzzzZZZT.

If transhumanism meant that I have a 12 shooter where my lad should be. I'll be happy........well no, not happy. Content. Wait, no not content. Murderous. There.

Creature

And get Cyberbrain Sclerosis? No thanks.

chin_grin

Imagine Cyberbrain Alzheimers - wondering why you're trying to interface with the kettle for the last five hours.

jester77

I'll install a P2P client....

... up yours RIAA and MPAA, you won't be able to shut me down

Jack Sheehan

I have a radio in my car.

chin_grin

Jack Sheehan wrote: »

I have a radio in my car.

I have a car for a body. Toot toot.

brianthebard

biko wrote: »

?What idea, if embraced, would pose the greatest threat to the welfare of humanity?? This was the question posed by the editors of Foreign Policy in the September/October issue to eight prominent policy intellectuals, among them Francis Fukuyama, professor of international political economy at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, and member of the President?s Council on Bioethics.

And Fukuyama?s answer? Transhumanism, ?a strange liberation movement? whose ?crusaders aim much higher than civil rights campaigners, feminists, or gay-rights advocates.? This movement, he says, wants ?nothing less than to liberate the human race from its biological constraints.?
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i think theres a documentary on this,its called ghost in the shell i think.

rowlandbrowner

Could I still operate a microwave?

chin_grin

brianthebard wrote: »

i think theres a documentary on this,its called ghost in the shell i think.

Very insightful too. I'd use the accompanying reading material first though.

brianthebard

chin_grin wrote: »

Very insightful too. I'd use the accompanying reading material first though.

but of course.

Quazzie

rowlandbrowner wrote: »

Could I still operate a microwave?

You could be a microwave

chin_grin

Quazzie2002 wrote: »

You could be a microwave

Cooking yourself from the inside out. I think I'll pass on that modification. I'll be in the queue for ocular implants. Actually I'd much prefer an endoskeleton a la Syndicate (and the later Syndicate Wars).

KnifeWRENCH

rowlandbrowner wrote: »

Could I still operate a microwave?

This isn't the correct place to ask. Try HERE

The Gnome

If becoming a transhuman involves any of the technology here then I'm all for it.

Unisphere and wet wiring ftw.

thefinalstage

You can feck off with this robotic crap. Right now my body repairs itself, I can go near magnets and it won't cost me a million euro in fuel and my mind can't be hacked.

Earthhorse

DUMBOBLONDE wrote: »

I don't need any such book.

What if we implant it directly in your brain?

thelastangryman wrote: »

Right now my body repairs itself, I can go near magnets and it won't cost me a million euro in fuel and my mind can't be hacked.

You're thinking about naked women, aren't you?

chin_grin

thelastangryman wrote: »

You can feck off with this robotic crap. Right now my body repairs itself, I can go near magnets and it won't cost me a million euro in fuel and my mind can't be hacked.

Are you sure? http://www.amazon.com/Art-Deception-Controlling-Element-Security/dp/0471237124

One word: nanoprobes. MMMMMM, imagine those swimmin inside ya. Fixin' yer innards like an episode on How The Body Works. Classic.

thefinalstage

Earthhorse wrote: »

You're thinking about naked women, aren't you?

But of course. We don not want metal titties now do we?

biko

The problem with cyborgs is that someone has to manufacture the parts you need. What if you're outmoded or can't pay? Will NHS pay for your upgrades?

Earthhorse

thelastangryman wrote: »

But of course. We don not want metal titties now do we?

What I'm saying is, I've hacked into your brain.

thefinalstage

Earthhorse wrote: »

What I'm saying is, I've hacked into your brain.

No, you read my mail.

Earthhorse

thelastangryman wrote: »

No, you read my male.

Yes, your male brain.