[ExI] "Heavy Industry--1995"

[samantha]

Bryan Bishop wrote:
> On Monday 16 June 2008, Stefano Vaj wrote:
>   
>> This is a discomforting thought, but at least it calls for a higher
>> degree of commitment from individuals and governments, and represents
>> one better reason for the existence of transhumanism as such than the
>> idea of having a tea club of cheeleaders applauding from the aisles
>> "inevitable" developments, if not even considering the idea of
>> delaying them...
>>     
>
> Woah, what? Is that what you think transhumans are? Cheerleaders?
>
>   

There are wonderful exceptions but the majority who call ourselves 
transhumans or transhumanist are very aptly described as "cheerleaders".