[ExI] A Cyborg or a transhuman ?

[Natasha Vita-More]

At 03:13 PM 7/21/2007, you wrote:
>Ben wrote:
> >Can i have my million dollars now, please?
>Uhmm..., that would be *six* million dollars. : )
>
>I believe (Natasha, correct me if I'm wrong) that FM 2030 would 
>agree that a cyborg is by nature a Transhuman of sorts (even if he 
>or she does not realize this and has a different worldview).

He was inclined not to use the term cyborg probably maybe because 
cyborgs usually like half-breed monsters and many do evil deeds.


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is inside the circle and everything outside the circle, then that is 
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