[extropy-chat] What does it mean to be Human? (anti-transhumanist rant)

[Giu1i0 Pri5c0]

The John Templeton Foundation has issued an anti-transhumanist
rant<http://www.templeton.org/milestones/index.asp>and will hold a
Research Lecture on "Facing the Challenges of
Transhumanism". The arguments here are shoddy and reactionary, surprising
for both Templeton and Metanexus have a history of balance but they are
obviously treading into territory where they have little history. There is
the usual appeal to a vague and nebulous concept of "human nature", which is
of course never defined and sounds like an apology of suffering, stupidity
and death, and the usual references to the "the belief that humans are
created by God in the image of God".
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