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

[Natasha Vita-More]

At 07:37 PM 10/31/03 -0500, you wrote:
>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.


Not so!  Evolutionary biologists and evolutionary psychologists are only 
part of the package.

For someone who is not determined to engage completely in one particular 
academic discipline, why rely on those who do!?  No ideas are exclusively 
the property of any one particular domain.  Ideas are always up for grabs! 
Such is the idea of evolution - constantly change constructs.

Natasha


Natasha Vita-More
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