[extropy-chat] Human - Posthuman gap (was: Spain has become the third country in Europe to legalise gay marriage)

[ben]

Rik van Riel said:

"After all, if the basic concept is there in birds (who split
off from mammals a LONG time ago), I would certainly expect
it to be there in posthuman people, who will be a lot closer
to us than birds."


I'm not arguing with your basic premise, but i would argue with the
above statement. I reckon it's almost certain that there will be a
*much* bigger gap between (many) posthumans and humans than that between
birds and humans. I'd be very surprised (and disappointed) if that
wasn't so.

In fact, the term 'posthumans' is almost meaningless as a basis for
comparing stuff like this. It's like saying that 'post-book media' will
or will not retain property X of books. It would be silly to say that
'post-book media' would be closer to books than books are to clay
tablets, wouldn't it?

ben