[extropy-chat] Transhumanism: Teilhard de Chardin - Truth or Dare

[Eliezer S. Yudkowsky]

natashavita at earthlink.net wrote:

> Transhumanism is not a religious or mystical term. Nor is it a political 
> term. It is a term used to express the ideas about evolution in regards 
> to the biology and psychology of humans. As such, transhumanism has become 
> a movement based on the advancement of the human’s lifespan and 
> intellectual and creative abilities. 

Eh?  Transhumanism expresses a *goal* about the *future* development of 
humanity, *post* natural selection.  What does transhumanism have to say 
about "ideas about evolution in regards to the biology and psychology of 
humans"?  Such ideas are the domains of the extensively developed fields 
of evolutionary biology and evolutionary psychology!  They are no longer 
up for grabs.

-- 
Eliezer S. Yudkowsky                          http://singinst.org/
Research Fellow, Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence